Why this post is awesome:

1.

[Ginobili] reacts and pounces before the bat could fully exit the range of his arms. On his first try. Not even cats can do that. Somewhere in there is why he’s in the NBA and you — and your cat — are not.)

2.

Reference to this story:

•As reporters waited to interview Spurs guard Manu Ginobili at his locker after the game, a mouse jumped out of his laundry bag as a clubhouse attendant picked it up.

“I guess I’ve got to do laundry more often,” Ginobili joked.

3. The idea of Manu making a hand sanitizer commercial.

Recced to mice with wings.

Maybe Abbott will climb a couple of rungs on the PtR respect ladder after this. Over the last couple of years, he’s been savaged over some less than complimentary things he’s said about OBS (our beloved Spurs).