The Sports Bizzo

By Jon…

I’d like to welcome you all to the newest segment on the Bizzo, “The Mendoza Line”. The Mendoza Line was created by Toph and I as an award to give to the week’s biggest goat, be it on the field or off. And since my last name is Mendoza, it just made sense.

The Mendoza Line is a baseball term referring to any player whose batting average dips below the .200 mark. It is widely considered to have been coined by George Brett in reference to my Uncle Mario Mendoza. Okay, so he isn’t my uncle, but he isn’t yours either. Anyway, for more information on the Mendoza Line, here’s a link to the Wikipedia article.

- The Mendoza Line -

On to the inaugural choice for the Mendoza Line…..

And the winner is…..

Lebron James.

Alright I know what your thinking, why the hell would I pick one of the biggest superstar athletes in the world?

Because I said so, and for the following reasons:

1. Even though the Cavs one Game 3, King James is shooting somewhere in the neighborhood of 20% from the field in the Eastern Conference Semis. Before Game 3, he had 8 made baskets, and 17 turnovers. You expect those kind of numbers out of Jason Kidd, but not Lebron. Granted, he is the only guy on the Cavs who doesn’t completely suck. We are all witnesses…to his crappy play this week.

2. Here’s the real reason Lebron is in the doghouse here at the Bizzo: When It Comes To Tipping Lebron Goes Scrooge McDuck

This is a story from a local Cleveland paper about Lebron running up an $800 tab at one of his favorite steakhouses, keeping the server well after closing time, and then leaving a $10 tip. And this isn’t the first time it’s happened. Apparently, this time the server flat refused to even accept the tip.

There’s just no excuse for this. I waited tables for about 7 years, and there’s nothing worse than getting stiffed. It happens, but it’s usually by lowlifes or people who just don’t know any better, or one time, in my case, I got tipped awfully by the entire Dallas Desperados Arena Football team. Getting stiffed by a guy who makes more money in a day than a server makes in a year is just classless.

And for that Bron-Bron gets the distinction of being the first athlete to come in below The Mendoza Line.

Honorable Mention:

UF player used dead girl’s credit card