Are professional athletes really that much better than the rest of us?

I am sure when we were all growing up, and maybe still today, we were/are as dedicated to our sports as any professional athlete out there. However, something happened along the way to launch us into the most hated profession in the country, and them into the world of models, million dollar contracts, and the respect of nearly everyone in the world. What was it? Steroids? Good High School Programs? Genetics? An extra tendon around the Achilles region?

I don't know what the difference is between us and them, but I accept that there is a difference.

All theories aside, I saw something last night that showed pro-atheltes superiority more than I have ever seen. It wasn't Deverey Henderson's catch. It wasn't Drew Breesus going 8-9 on the deep ball. The thing that amazed me was a result of the strong left hand of the Argentinian sharpshooter, Manu Ginobli.

The Sacramento Kings/San Antonio Spurs game was repeatedly interrupted by a small flying mammal, which garners quite the attention in the month of October. Yes, a bat was swooping through the players, scaring the living hell out of them and stopping play. Manu eventually had enough and.....well just watch



Are you kidding me? As a person who grew up in a home where the porch columns acted as a bat colony I shouldnt be amazed, but I am. There is a certain level of respect/distance that bats and humans should agree on. Sure, one of those blood sucking bastards ran into me as I was riding a four wheeler, but I forgave him. I am not scared of bats, but I know for a fact, that I would never touch one of those aviary rats even if my life depended on it. When I go home for the holidays my dad and I love to go out on the porch in the early morning light to watch the bats pour bats into the columns (it really is quite the sight), but if one of their sonars malfunctioned and I got touched, you better believe that I am waking the neighborhood up with my scream.

For further comparison of Manu's reaction check out this great American classic to see how non-professional athletes want to react when they hear the word "bat" without "man" following it.