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I will be father of twins! Many and I are really happy
2009-11-13 / by Manu
First of all, I would like to confirm with you all great news; I will be father of twins! Of course Many and I are very happy. We are thrilled because it has been a while since we have been looking for this. It is a very important moment in our lives and I wanted to share it with you before talking about basketball. They say that this kind of stuff changes it all. I hope everything goes well. Last Tuesday we did the ultra sound and we got the confirmation that they are twins. Many has been pregnant for two months and a half, and we are calculating that they will not be able to be born in Argentina because the date would be early June, time that I will be playing on the playoffs here. Even if we not make it to play that far in the year, we will not be able to travel to Argentina with 8 months of pregnancy. We still haven’t chosen the names. More so, we will have to evaluate with 4 different possibilities, lol. Anyway, we already started thinking about them. Of course our families know about this and they are as happy as we are.
A different type of month isn’t it? After all the bat repercussions, the betterment of the team and now this thing about the reality show that is being prepared. I want to clarify that the bat thing was absolutely unexpected. I never imagined doing what I did and that almost 3 million people over the internet would look at it. It was an instinctive reaction. It had already interrupted the game once, then again and on the third time it showed up I tried to bring him down and I did it. I wasn’t expecting that to generate a big deal. I also didn’t know many details about the contagious rabies they carry. There is no study that can detect if you have the virus so you have to apply all the vaccines just in case. Even with the one in a million possibilities I could have gotten it, I had to do it. Reality is, though they are scary, they are a very important part of our ecosystem and only 1% of them carry the rabies virus.
I am on the 6th vaccine and only the first one was a little painful. On Monday they will be applying the 7th and last and in a week it’ll be all over. Truth is that I have never been grossed out or afraid of bats. When I lived in Bologna, I was eating at Hugo Sconochini’s house and one got in the kitchen. There are a lot in Bahiense del Norte as well. In the evenings, when we got together for our BBQ’s get together, they were flying around. I also found bats in Andino, in La Rioja Province. Is not that I used to live with them, but they never scared me. Now it’s funny to see the Coyote, Spurs mascot, dressing up in a bat suit and when he gets closer to me he jumps, pretends he gets scared and runs away. It’s incredible to see all the hype surrounding this topic. Without even mentioning the Twittering and Facebook comments that I saw after this. Batman related photos from all kinds. Just in case, kids do not try to do this at home. If a bat touches an open wound or to get bitten by one could be very dangerous, you have to know that.
Ok let’s talk about basketball, shall we? We really played horrible versus Portland and Utah and we started with a 2-3 losing record. Now and even with Tim (Duncan) and Tony (Parker) out, we started to get better. Against Toronto we won because we played great offense and last night against Dallas because our defensive intensity came to light. It’s logic that we had to turn up a notch our level and multiply our efforts because we were playing without Tim and Tony. Luckily Richard Jefferson played at a great level and he was decisive on our last game. We needed a Small Forward with his strength and ability to penetrate. I think both Tony and Tim will be ready to go tomorrow and we will have to get used to playing together again. I am feeling particularly well, healthy and happy to be able to contribute to the team. I am still a little shaky on the physical and mental aspect of the game, but I have to be patient and keep on getting better.
About the reality show, my role is relative. Even though I am the image of the show and I lend my name, I do not organize it and I will only be able to be with the kids when they come here to San Antonio. We will talk here, will have some meetings and they will be able to come to one or two of our matches, but I am not the one that sets everything up like the stuff I do with the Manu Ginobili foundation, like the Bahia marathon or the basketball camps with kids. I am something like the guest star…
MANU
