basketusa.com - 11/1/2009
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Late in the first period a bat swooped into the AT&T Center and descended onto the court. Players scattered and officials stopped play. The bat circled and left only to return—briefly. That’s when Ginobili performed his Halloween trick, swatting the bat out of the air with a bare hand.
Spurs v. Kings Gameday Q&A: Zach Harper
projectspurs.com 10/31/2009 — With the Spurs-Kings game coming up tonight, who better to ask than our 8th Seed and Bloguin brother Zach Harper. Zach blogs at Cowbell Kingdom and at Talk Hoops . There's no questioning his knowledge of the Kings as you'll see with the following six questions I posed to him for tonight's ...
NBA Video: Manu Ginobli
mrfactoidssportsworld.blogspot.com 11/1/2009 — During the San Antonio Spurs home game versus the Sacramento Kings on Halloween night a friendly bat decided to stir up a little trouble. Towards the end of the first quarter the creature of the night flew down on the court, forcing the refs to stop the game until he could be removed. Luckily ...
Philly Sports Break: Manu Ginobli 1, Bat 0
the700level.com 11/1/2009 — This has less than nothing to do with Philly sports, but we thought you'd welcome a break from discussions about pitchers' hearts and cameras in the field of play. In last night's Halloween game between the Spurs and the Kings, play was interrupted by a bat flying around the court. Although a ...
Bat makes Halloween cameo at NBA game
boston.com 11/1/2009 — In San Antonio Saturday, the game between the Spurs and Sacramento Kings was delayed by a bat that celebrated the holiday by swooping down onto the court late in the first quarter. Some spooked players scattered from the court as the winged visitor ...
Manu Ginobili catches rogue bat during Halloween game
sports.yahoo.com 11/1/2009 — Tonight's Halloween game between the Sacramento Kings and San Antonio Spurs was delayed when a bat began flying around the court — that is, until Spurs guard Manu Ginobili (notes) whacked the bat out of midair with his hand like a freakin' ...
Game 3 Recap: Spurs 113, Kings 94
cowbellkingdom.com 11/1/2009 — The Sacramento Kings could use some consistency – even after just three games.
After an embarrassing opening night in OKC and a bit of a redemption loss in New Orleans that looked extremely encouraging, the Kings were brought back down to Earth by getting manhandled 113-94 in San Antonio. ...
Manu Ginobili Bat | All About News And News
news.about-knowledge.com 11/2/2009 — Bit of ‘Bat-Boy-Skills’ of 32-year-old Manu Ginobili saved the day during a Spurs v/s Kings game at San Antonio court on Saturday Oct. 31, 2009. Emanuel David.....
Blair, Hill Continues to impress...
myspurslink.blogspot.com 11/2/2009 — A Blessed All Souls day to everyone! Forgive me for not making my own recap on the Spurs-Kings game . And in case you guys missed it, Manu swats a bat out of Midair . Just great, like they say; the legend on Manu continues... Now on to the topic. With 3 regular season games under their belt, ...
Game 2 Player Analysis: Kings vs. Hornets
cowbellkingdom.com 11/2/2009 — Even though it’s a day late, I’m writing this as if I haven’t seen the Spurs game. This is based purely on what we’ve seen from the players after the Thunder and Hornets games only.
First, here is the video from Kings.com of player reactions after the game :
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Manu Slapped A Bat. PETA Responds.
projectspurs.com 11/2/2009 — Like we didn't see this coming.
We all heard about and saw video of Manu smacking a bat during the Spurs-Kings game this past Saturday night. Well PETA has responded .
Here's our take on it: To bludgeon a 4-ounce animal to death, it takes either a small man or a totally unthinking one—with ...
Manu Ginobili kills a bat on Halloween: Video
sportsrubbish.com 11/2/2009 —
On Halloween night, the Spurs/Kings game was delayed by a bat. The bat either lived in the arena, or it was part of the Spurs’ annual bat day giveaway.
Manu Ginobili wasn’t not amused by the bat’s antics and just wanted to get on with the game. With a mighty wallop, ...
Video: Manu Ginobili is the new Batman
tonyblogs.net 11/3/2009 — So I'm sure you've seen this by now since it's been all over the interwebs, but I'm just getting around to some blogging and I had to post it. A bat got inside the AT&T; Center during the Spurs-Kings game on Saturday night. Manu Ginobili was able to swat down the bat. Best part, he didn't even ...
Manu Ginobili Forced To Get 16(!) Rabies Shots
sportsbybrooks.com 11/3/2009 — Jeff McDonald of the SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS reports today that Manu Ginobili is facing four different sessions of rabies shots after he caught and killed a bat at the Spurs-Kings game last Saturday.
( One more time for the PETA kooks )
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Game 3 Player Analysis: Kings vs. Spurs
cowbellkingdom.com 11/3/2009 — Here is the player evaluations for the game against the Spurs.
Before we get into that, there were comments from Tyreke Evans after this game about the team defense not being all it should have been. He had the following comments:
“We just go out there and try to play the game and not ...
PETA Likens Manu Ginobili to Michael Vick
sportingnews.com 11/3/2009 —
Here's the latest on the great bat incident from the Spurs-Kings game on Halloween night . Manu has yet to land a gig on True Blood , but he did have to get vaccinated for rabies after swatting the flying creature out of ...
Spurscast #177: Kings, Bulls recap
feedproxy.google.com 11/3/2009 — {audio}http://projectspurs.com/podcast/download/sc110309.mp3{/audio} In our second podcast of the 2009-10 Spurs season, Jeff and I get together and talk about the first week of Spurs basketball, including wins against the Hornets and Kings, and a loss against the Bulls. After all three game ...
Manu Ginobili Is The Bat Whisperer (Or Killer) —
AwfulAnnouncing
A very spooky bat disrupted the Spurs-Kings game on Halloween night, and who were the AT&T; Center authorities going to call to remedy the situation? Well Manu Ginobili of course! Manu's line for the night....13 points, 3 assists, 1 rebound and a dead bat.... It's not exactly Rocky chasing ...
Manu Ginobili Catches Bat With His Bare Hands —
Dime Magazine
In case you missed it over the weekend, on Halloween night, the Kings played in San Antonio. The game was momentarily stopped because a bat (Seriously. On Halloween.) was flying onto the court. The problem was solved when Manu Ginobili smacked the bat out of mid-air and picked it up and carried ...
Video: Manu Ginobili is Bat-Man for Halloween —
Manu is back! During last night’s game between the SAn Antonio Spurs and the Sacramento Kings, a stray bat found is way into the Alamodome.
The bat was flying around the arena around the first quarter of the game. When the game was stopped, the winged-mammal made the mistake of flying ...
Bulls-Spurs —
Binary Basketball blogs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv_s_Z-iCSw THE 2009 SEASON IS NOW UNDER WAY!! It was very exciting to see the full team healthy and ready to dominate. The Spurs are not going to go down that easy. We came out of the gates strong, but the Spurs were always in the game. The first half ...
Manu Ginobili, "Cazador De Murciélagos" —
The Sporting Blog
I know it's late, but this video is too awesome not to post: It's Manu Ginobili swatting a bat in the middle of a Spurs-Kings game . I defy anyone not affiliated with PETA not to smile at that, or at this GIF . Even Manu's wry tweet about it makes me grin. Sometimes, the best ...