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Robert Horry and the Mendoza Line

by Gino20 on Jan 29, 2008 5:24 PM CST

In baseball, a .200 batting average is referred to the Mendoza Line, named after some crappy player named Mendoza who apparently had difficulty getting his average above .200; Robert Horry is shooting .188 - Horry's FG% is the new Mendoza Line! Guys this is exciting! And to think all of you (Stampler and Matthew, I am especially pointing my cursor arrow at you!) were on RoHo's case for a lack of a significant contribtution. I would say the creation of "The Horry Line" is pretty significant! [editor's note, by Gino20] Entering the All-Star break, Horry has shot 13-21 FG (including 5 made 3's) plus 7-8 FT for a TS% of 75+% in February. Don't look now, but Old Man Muffs could be making his move now that he is out of hibernation. The Horry Line is up to .314 -- that would be pretty good in baseball.

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Works for me

The Horry Line works for me. You could even go with a Finley Line if you want. I'm sorry, if you get that many open looks, you have to shoot a higher percentage than 39%. It's the f*cking NBA for Christ Sake!!!!

"I will slap you into a jelly!!!!"

by DennardC on Jan 29, 2008 6:28 PM CST reply actions

Re: Robert Horry and the Mendoza Line

Give Horry a break. It's got to be hard to play basketball when you're a friggin' corpse.

by LatinD on Jan 29, 2008 7:00 PM CST reply actions

Re: Robert Horry and the Mendoza Line

Did you know that George Brett coined the term "Mendoza Line?" And that the word "twerp" was created by J.R.R. Tolkien?

by sungo on Jan 29, 2008 8:42 PM CST reply actions

Re: Robert Horry and the Mendoza Line

I read the Wikipedia entry on "Mendoza Line." It does talk about Brett and other dudes that may have contributed to the name.

by Gino20 on Jan 29, 2008 11:34 PM CST up reply actions

Re: Robert Horry and the Mendoza Line

THere's also the Vicky Mendoza line...

To summarize, picture an XY coordinate plane with "crazy" on the x-axis and "hot" on the y-axis. Draw a line originating at (0,0) with a slope equal to 1. The result is the "Vicky Mendoza Line," any girl that lies above that line is hot enough that the crazy does not matter. Any girl that lies below the line is too crazy and the hot becomes irrelevant. Ah, the "Vicky Mendoza Line," I think we all know girls that straddle the line.

However be aware when a girl crosses into the dreaded Shelly Gillespie zone.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/How_I_Met_Your_Mother_3x05.png

by efantich on Jan 30, 2008 10:09 AM CST reply actions