the plural of RBI is not RBI
Does this bother anyone else but me?
I'm tired of listening to talking heads on TV discussing baseball stats, and hearing about how a player had 2, or 10, or 75 RBI. I realize that an RBI is a Run Batted In, and one is an RBI. Two are Runs Batted In, and in today's chic, trendy world, that still comes out as RBI. It may even be correct English, but it's not right, dammit. It's just not.
When you have more than one, they are RBIs...with an 's'. They're also ribbys. The 's' on the end has been there for years ands it just belongs. It's part of baseball. When you take it of, it sounds so not part of baseball and just a tad elitist.
So get with the program, sportscaster people, and keep the 's' on the end of those RBIs.
I'm tired of listening to talking heads on TV discussing baseball stats, and hearing about how a player had 2, or 10, or 75 RBI. I realize that an RBI is a Run Batted In, and one is an RBI. Two are Runs Batted In, and in today's chic, trendy world, that still comes out as RBI. It may even be correct English, but it's not right, dammit. It's just not.
When you have more than one, they are RBIs...with an 's'. They're also ribbys. The 's' on the end has been there for years ands it just belongs. It's part of baseball. When you take it of, it sounds so not part of baseball and just a tad elitist.
So get with the program, sportscaster people, and keep the 's' on the end of those RBIs.
John put this out here at 6:55 AM
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