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DMX7
10-31-2009, 08:06 PM
LOL, did bring that into the building on purpose? :lol
duncan228
10-31-2009, 08:07 PM
Manu got the bat! :lmao
completely deck
10-31-2009, 08:07 PM
ahhahaha

manu's got bat powers
DynastySpurs210
10-31-2009, 08:09 PM
lol anyone believe this?
TimDunkem
10-31-2009, 08:12 PM
lol That was odd.
Kool Bob Love
10-31-2009, 08:14 PM
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:ihit
Shastafarian
10-31-2009, 08:27 PM
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/5440/picture1xy.png (http://img202.imageshack.us/i/picture1xy.png/)
objective
10-31-2009, 08:28 PM
The Spurs will be damn lucky if they aren't fined by the NBA for the bat-release stunt.

That's garbage and was delaying the game and putting the players in danger by their reacting and possibly messing up their knees and ankles as they slipped and cowered from a flying rodent.

PLUS any potential flack from PETA over what happened to it. What if Manu broke his hand smashing the bat?

Bush league.
Shastafarian
10-31-2009, 08:30 PM
The Spurs will be damn lucky if they aren't fined by the NBA for the bat-release stunt.

That's garbage and was delaying the game and putting the players in danger by their reacting and possibly messing up their knees and ankles as they slipped and cowered from a flying rodent.

PLUS any potential flack from PETA over what happened to it. What if Manu broke his hand smashing the bat?

Bush league.

The Spurs released the bat? Who said this?
completely deck
10-31-2009, 08:32 PM
The Spurs will be damn lucky if they aren't fined by the NBA for the bat-release stunt.

That's garbage and was delaying the game and putting the players in danger by their reacting and possibly messing up their knees and ankles as they slipped and cowered from a flying rodent.

PLUS any potential flack from PETA over what happened to it. What if Manu broke his hand smashing the bat?

Bush league.

Never fear.

Bat Manu is here

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/5035/manu.gif
Zocalo
10-31-2009, 08:32 PM
http://i33.tinypic.com/xagsi.gif
objective
10-31-2009, 08:32 PM
please, you don't have to be Columbo to figure it out.

It's Halloween and the Coyote has a Batman costume ready to go, though it might not have been supposed to go off until half-time.

This has 'promotions idiots' written all over it.

The Spurs will probably play cover-up and pretend to the media that it was all a coincidence.
Shastafarian
10-31-2009, 08:35 PM
please, you don't have to be Columbo to figure it out.

It's Halloween and the Coyote has a Batman costume ready to go, though it might not have been supposed to go off until half-time.

This has 'promotions idiots' written all over it.

The Spurs will probably play cover-up and pretend to the media that it was all a coincidence.

Here's the key to my question.
timvp
10-31-2009, 08:47 PM
That wasn't on purpose. A bat invades the AT&T Center about once or twice a season. No way that was preplanned.

And the Coyote had a major delay before coming out with the costume.
Shastafarian
10-31-2009, 08:49 PM
It's hard to believe anyone would think it's a good idea to release a live bat into a stadium of 20,000 people. Even if it had been planned there's probably no way to prove it.
phyzik
10-31-2009, 08:49 PM
How anyone thinks this was orchastrated by the Spurs orginization is beyond me.... There's no way that was pre-planned. It was most likely a fan getting a bat in or a freak accident.
Spurs Brazil
10-31-2009, 08:49 PM
That wasn't on purpose. A bat invades the AT&T Center about once or twice a season. No way that was preplanned.

And the Coyote had a major delay before coming out with the costume.

I remember that bat stuff since the Alamodome
Interrohater
10-31-2009, 08:52 PM
please, you don't have to be Columbo to figure it out.

It's Halloween and the Coyote has a Batman costume ready to go, though it might not have been supposed to go off until half-time.

This has 'promotions idiots' written all over it.

The Spurs will probably play cover-up and pretend to the media that it was all a coincidence.

Even if it was a stunt, you're overreacting like crazy. The bat had been noticed way before the coyote had come out in costume, so it's not inconceivable that he changed into it when the opportunity presented itself. But that's besides the point.

Although this is a serious sport to us and the players involved, it's solely entertainment. So yes, that means pyrotechnics (omg, what if a player's hair caught on fire?!), smoke, lasers, light shows, and flying mammals. It's not a big deal or something to be angry about. It's a show.
nkdlunch
10-31-2009, 08:54 PM
this is fucking insane
Interrohater
10-31-2009, 08:56 PM
this is fucking insane

:lol good point. I'm going to another thread.
objective
10-31-2009, 08:57 PM
Even if it was a stunt, you're overreacting like crazy. The bat had been noticed way before the coyote had come out in costume, so it's not inconceivable that he changed into it when the opportunity presented itself. But that's besides the point.

Although this is a serious sport to us and the players involved, it's solely entertainment. So yes, that means pyrotechnics (omg, what if a player's hair caught on fire?!), smoke, lasers, light shows, and flying mammals. It's not a big deal or something to be angry about. It's a show.

how am i over-reacting? Am I saying I'm the one who could be fined?

And I have probably 90% of all the SBC/ATT home games on tape and I've watched more than once, I don't recall any other bat incidents.
sabar
10-31-2009, 10:12 PM
Conspiracy nuts already out in force
z0sa
10-31-2009, 10:14 PM
What happened when he hit it? I can't tell, it looks really small when he picks it up
easy7
10-31-2009, 10:14 PM
I don't think that was planned, dumb move if it was...
ElNono
10-31-2009, 10:15 PM
The last time I saw a game at the AT&T Center (last December against the Griz), there was also a bat going around right before the game. I think they must just be in the area. I don't think it's a stunt at all.
Spursfan092120
10-31-2009, 10:15 PM
sI8q7SpDTww
clubalien
10-31-2009, 10:17 PM
It's hard to believe anyone would think it's a good idea to release a live bat into a stadium of 20,000 people. Even if it had been planned there's probably no way to prove it.

remember the Alamo dome fire hose student

the spurs are so hot we have to put them out... ie release water cannons on the whole fan base


Think it later was refered to wet tshirt night

spurs have been doing a lot of marketing activities this year. i think it is two fold the economy ad their marketing guy "retired"
efrem1
10-31-2009, 10:21 PM
please, you don't have to be Columbo to figure it out.

It's Halloween and the Coyote has a Batman costume ready to go, though it might not have been supposed to go off until half-time.

This has 'promotions idiots' written all over it.

The Spurs will probably play cover-up and pretend to the media that it was all a coincidence.

They will deny it just like Ahnold putting out that F-u veto letter. Whatever. Great win by the Spurs tonight!!! :)
duncan228
10-31-2009, 10:22 PM
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/2009-2010/10-31-09manubat.jpg
Quiet Strength
10-31-2009, 10:27 PM
It's sad that the bat died... it was funny though seeing it flying around and manu hitting it.
mVp
10-31-2009, 10:29 PM
Manu, dude, the bat just wanted to see the game :depressed
clubalien
10-31-2009, 10:30 PM
kmol is claiming the bat lived... but who can trust don harris
EmptyMan
10-31-2009, 10:32 PM
If Manu didn't kill the bat, it would have been flying on the court the entire game.

















MANU DOES NOT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS.
ElNono
10-31-2009, 10:33 PM
Robin is not amused... :nope
objective
10-31-2009, 10:34 PM
this will be the last I post on this subject, other than to acknoweledge it could have been a dumb fan who brought it in.

If there was an Easter Sunday game, and a jackrabbit ran out onto the court, and the Coyote a few minutes later popped out in a Bugs Bunny outfit . . .

What would your reaction be?

"Oh, how funny! Amazing how these rabbits turn up! You know there's tons of rabbits in town, they do infest places every few months. Just like Night of the Lepus! I hope no conspiracy nuts pop up with their wild theories straight out of X-Files!"
Spursmania
10-31-2009, 10:35 PM
Manu taking care of business at the AT & T Center=Priceless.:toast

It was awesome:downspin:
EmptyMan
10-31-2009, 10:36 PM
a) the coyote batman suit is old
oh yeah, it's also Halloween, the day when coyote has multiple costumes on throughout the game

b) coyote has a net in case stuff like this ever happens; an acme net.
Scola
10-31-2009, 10:37 PM
He probably should'nt have picked it up, could of gotten rabies or something...
Manu totally freaked out the girl in red...
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/410/batl.jpg
Shastafarian
10-31-2009, 10:38 PM
He probably should'nt have picked it up, could of gotten rabies or something...
Manu totally freaked out the girl in red...
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/410/batl.jpg

That's his guardian angel. She was looking somewhere else when he swatted the bat.
mVp
10-31-2009, 10:39 PM
lol @ that pic.
spurtech09
10-31-2009, 10:45 PM
I heard the bat was still alive and that when they took the bat outside of the arena to let it go that the bat turned into a vampire....
duncan228
10-31-2009, 10:45 PM
Video: Manu Ginobili catches rogue bat during Halloween game (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Video-Manu-Ginobili-catches-rogue-bat-during-Ha;_ylt=AlB_wFllWDQynvls3yRDtzG8vLYF?urn=nba,19939 9)
By J.E. Skeets

sI8q7SpDTww

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 whacked the bat out of midair (http://i33.tinypic.com/sbowmp.gif) with his hand like a freakin' cat! ("Manu who catch bat with hand accomplish anything." — Mr. Miyagi (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087538/quotes))

With the bat dazed and confused, Manu calmly picked up the flying mammal, walked it over to an usher and delivered his kill. After a quick squirt of hand sanitizer the game was back on. No bat, no problem.

The NBA: If it's not one thing, it's a flying hawk (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Video-Atlanta-Hawks-hawk-delays-playoff-game?urn=nba,158520), you know?

And oh, just in case PETA is reading, my sources tell me the bat was released outside the arena.

UPDATE: The bat is dead. Long live the bat!

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/temp/batmanu.jpg
mVp
10-31-2009, 10:50 PM
AT&T Connection of the game:

yT-F5QznjrA

:lmao
NRHector
10-31-2009, 10:54 PM
The Spurs will be damn lucky if they aren't fined by the NBA for the bat-release stunt.

That's garbage and was delaying the game and putting the players in danger by their reacting and possibly messing up their knees and ankles as they slipped and cowered from a flying rodent.

PLUS any potential flack from PETA over what happened to it. What if Manu broke his hand smashing the bat?

Bush league.there's bats all over San Antonio just go to North Star Mall and look in the cracks of the parking garages or downtown.
SpursRulez4eVeR
10-31-2009, 11:04 PM
you can see everyone is walking away from the bat and manu was hunting for it.. manu is the man lol
Manu-of-steel
10-31-2009, 11:15 PM
lol manu. can't stop laughing!
spurastic
10-31-2009, 11:36 PM
There have been lots of times that bats and/or birds are in the building. Usually they keep up high under the roof. Coyote has chased some before at other games.
NRHector
10-31-2009, 11:39 PM
What happened when he hit it? I can't tell, it looks really small when he picks it uptha bat was trained to play dead when Manu was going to hit it because according to some posters it was just an act
Interrohater
10-31-2009, 11:40 PM
After the incident.

Pop: What did you think was gonna happen?! This isn't fu**ing evidence! This is a bat! He's my friend and you're not burying him in the garden!

Manu: "He was killed during The Spurs Game, sir."

Pop: This is Bat.

Manu: "In The Spurs Game, we have no names, sir."

Pop: Now you listen to me! This is a bat, and he has a name, and his name is Bat Paulson.

Manu: "Bat Paulson. He's a bat."

Pop: And he's dead now because of us! Do you understand that?!

Manu: "I understand. In death, a member of The Spurs Game has a name. His name is Bat Paulson."

George Hill: "His name...is Bat Paulson."

Dejuan Blair: "His name is Bat Paulson."

Entire team: "His name is Bat Paulson."

Entire team: "His name is Bat Paulson."

Entire team: "His name is Bat Paulson."

Pop: Come on guys. Please. Stop it.

Entire team: "His name is Bat Paulson."

Pop: Shut up! This is all over with! Get the f*ck out of here!
FilSpursFan
10-31-2009, 11:42 PM
OMG!!! its a bad omen
:wow:wow:wow
DAF86
10-31-2009, 11:47 PM
AT&T Connection of the game:

yT-F5QznjrA

:lmao

lol Look at the reaction from the Kings' bench.
Interrohater
10-31-2009, 11:51 PM
He probably should'nt have picked it up, could of gotten rabies or something...
Manu totally freaked out the girl in red...
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/410/batl.jpg

:lmao why didn't you circle the dude just to the left of her, he looks like he's gonna squeal!
Sausage
11-01-2009, 12:00 AM
Manu Ginobili on his facebook account:

Manu Ginobili- Cuando me retire, ya tengo trabajo... Cazador de murciélagos! // Post retirement job... Pest Control! lol.
bigdave50
11-01-2009, 12:02 AM
lol the bat is alive
andrew, woai, kens tv, sean and everyone confirms it
DMX7
11-01-2009, 12:03 AM
Thank god! Now I can sleep.
SpursPreacher
11-01-2009, 12:22 AM
From now on when people visit manus house it will be known as the batcave.
Spurs#1
11-01-2009, 12:37 AM
How low do the Spurs organisation have to go to get their asses on sportscenter? Releasing a bat into the At&T center is pathetic
anakha
11-01-2009, 12:40 AM
How low do the Spurs organisation have to go to get their asses on sportscenter? Releasing a bat into the At&T center is pathetic

Sure thing, troll.
YODA
11-01-2009, 12:45 AM
IS manu now BATMAN!!!!?????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3eCRovzbfw&feature=related
Spursfanfromafar
11-01-2009, 12:46 AM
Manu on twitter -
http://twitter.com/manuginobili

Bring me Robin, now! ;-) /// Tráiganme a Robin ahora... je je

awesome :)
NickiRasgo
11-01-2009, 12:58 AM
AT&T Connection of the game:

yT-F5QznjrA

:lmao

Play of the day.
NRHector
11-01-2009, 01:02 AM
How low do the Spurs organisation have to go to get their asses on sportscenter? Releasing a bat into the At&T center is pathetic:stfu
completely deck
11-01-2009, 01:08 AM
I know that guy is trolling, but here's proof that it wasn't the Spurs:


There's a bat flying around the @attcenter (http://twitter.com/attcenter) during the Halloween game. Coincidence? http://twitpic.com/nlzh38:58 PM Oct 30th (http://twitter.com/Spurs_Intern/status/5304120284) from Tweetie (http://www.atebits.com/)


Photographic evidence of the bat. http://twitpic.com/nm1ez9:11 PM Oct 30th (http://twitter.com/Spurs_Intern/status/5304398379) from Tweetie (http://www.atebits.com/)


@davidoviedo (http://twitter.com/davidoviedo) definitely not a trick, up to you if it's a treat. You like bats?10:35 PM Oct 30th (http://twitter.com/Spurs_Intern/status/5306100345) from Tweetie (http://www.atebits.com/) in reply to davidoviedo (http://twitter.com/davidoviedo/status/5305655639)
NRHector
11-01-2009, 01:18 AM
I know that guy is trolling, but here's proof that it wasn't the Spurs:I think this troll is the Sporkkiller
completely deck
11-01-2009, 01:18 AM
I think this troll is the Sporkkiller

Wouldn't surprise me.
PopRocks
11-01-2009, 07:05 AM
That bat was in the arena Friday night for the Rampage game.

I bet the Front Office had a meeting that they should get he bat in early to climatize it before the Spurs game. Someone check the AT&T Center meeting room manafest for proof there was a meeting. I have a friend who's neighbor works part time as a custodian. I'll see if he can go through the trash.

There has to be some grainy footage out there of Manu and the bat practicing that "stunt" all Saturday afternoon.

Better yet, if you go to Manu's house, it turns out to be Manu's pet and they do that trick all the time. Anyone have a copy of the old Time Warner commercials? Check for a bat hanging upside down in the background!

Or maybe HEB is about to replace H.E.Buddy with H.E.Bat and this was just a PR stunt for them. Soon we'll see a commercial featuring the bat and Manu in yucking it up over a frozen HEB pizza. It will end with Tim Duncan akwardly delivering the line "Manu, you gave the last slice to the bat again?"

Had to be a stunt. Brought to you by the clever folks who came up with "Spursday".
BillMc
11-01-2009, 07:08 AM
Manu Ginobili on his facebook account:

Manu Ginobili- Cuando me retire, ya tengo trabajo... Cazador de murciélagos! // Post retirement job... Pest Control! lol.

Someone should really sign him up for a pest control commercial...

Have bats, send Manu right over...
Bukefal
11-01-2009, 07:13 AM
That was awesome, I was like WTF, it's halloween :lol . I dont think it was planned, that would be really stupid.
admiralsnackbar
11-01-2009, 07:34 AM
please, you don't have to be Columbo to figure it out.

It's Halloween and the Coyote has a Batman costume ready to go, though it might not have been supposed to go off until half-time.

This has 'promotions idiots' written all over it.

The Spurs will probably play cover-up and pretend to the media that it was all a coincidence.

You have to be kidding me. When these marketing gurus released the bat, how did they know it would fly on court and not just fly into the stands? I suppose Manu had bat-bait on his hands? :lol
dave
11-01-2009, 07:38 AM
why are all of you calling manu 'batman'?
he killed the bat.... if anything he should be the joker
symple19
11-01-2009, 12:55 PM
love this pic http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/temp/batmanu.jpg
xellos88330
11-01-2009, 08:51 PM
Are we sure that the bat wasn't just Mouse trying to talk Manu into going to the evolution thread?
DMX7
11-01-2009, 09:05 PM
Are we sure that the bat wasn't just Mouse trying to talk Manu into going to the evolution thread?

Yes, we are sure.
TMTTRIO
11-01-2009, 09:06 PM
If you weren't there even the refs were swinging at the bat with some towels to try to get it gone and nobody could get it to leave. Manu just had the better hand at it :). By the way here's the NBA version video of course Where amazing happens and caring happens :lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_6im2RzZxU
WalterBenitez
11-02-2009, 09:15 AM
I don't think that was planned, dumb move if it was...

I read Manu was working on it during off season :wakeup
raspsa
11-02-2009, 09:20 AM
Wolf Blitzer interviewedthe bat on CNN and the bat inadvertently blurted out that they "were doing it for the show".:lol
lefty
11-02-2009, 09:39 AM
Did you see the Kings bench reaction? :rollin
JudynTX
11-02-2009, 09:46 AM
For real, people think it was staged?
hater
11-02-2009, 10:11 AM
well I definitely thought it was not a setup... UNTIL I heard the bat "misteriously" dissapeared.

I mean, comeon how does a caught bat dissapear?????

they destroyed the evidence IMO. This will go down in history along with JFK, Hoffa, 911 conspiracy misteries for the ages.

I want the medical exams on this bat released!!!
angel_luv
11-02-2009, 11:53 AM
Or maybe HEB is about to replace H.E.Buddy with H.E.Bat and this was just a PR stunt for them. Soon we'll see a commercial featuring the bat and Manu in yucking it up over a frozen HEB pizza. It will end with Tim Duncan akwardly delivering the line "Manu, you gave the last slice to the bat again?"



:lol :lol

H.E.Bat- clever!
Budkin
11-02-2009, 03:19 PM
That was seriously one of the funniest, most bizarre things I've ever seen!
TMTTRIO
10-31-2012, 11:07 PM
Bump. Hard to believe it's been three years ago when Manu attacked the bat on Halloween night. Great memories. Sad to see he can't even stay healthy anymore and is getting very close to retirement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_6im2RzZxU