The Mendoza Line-A hitter's manhood is challenged at the .200 m

Sunday, August 3, 2003

Every summer at about this time, a battle is waged by a cadre of struggling hitters trying to push their batting averages past .200 -- baseball's dreaded Mendoza Line.

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