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Manu Ginobili Getting Up More Shots ... All Over His Body

Found November 03, 2009 on FanHouse:
PLAYERS: Robert Horry
TEAMS: San Antonio Spurs

by Rob PetersonFiled under: Kings, Spurs, NBA InjuriesWhen it comes to protecting yourself from rabies, it seems as if hand sanitizer won't cut it.San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili -- three-time NBA champ, Olympic gold medalist, NBA All-Star, exterminator extraordinaire and scourge of PETA -- has been required to get shots for rabies because of his quick reflexes and a chance encounter with a bat on Saturday night."It was pretty funny at the time," Ginobili told the San Antonio Express-News. "Now it's not. I got like a million shots for rabies."As you know by now, a bat flew into the AT&T Center during the Spurs-Kings contest, causing a slight delay and more than a couple of freak-outs. Ginobili, in one of his best on-court moments since finding Robert Horry all alone at the 3-point line in overtime of Game 5 of the 2005 NBA Finals, swatted the bat to the court, scooped up his prey and handed it to a clearly reluctant security guard.What happened ...
Original Story: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/03/ma...
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