I heard the chick announcer for the Yankees constantly repeating RBIs.
To me it is RBI. Whether you have 1 RBI or 130 RBI.
RBI stands for runs batted in.
so saying RBIs is like saying runs batted ins.
Now, I don't speak ebonics and I am not a proponent of ebonics and RBIs is Ebonics to me.
What do you say???
RBI or RBIs
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I looked it up and found this argument..
http://www.boston.com/sports/nesn/caron/05_18_05/
Hate to break it to you but the term RBI is both singular and plural (just like moose, deer, etc)...Bill Mueller had 1 RBI (run batted in) in last night's game while Jason Varitek had 3 RBI (runs batted in)...so the exact same abbreviation means different things in different contexts...not much to get in a twist over...if anything, I would think that line stats that read 2 HR, 2 2B, etc. would be just as annoying since they should read 2 HRs, 2 2Bs, etc...what's good for the goose...
Bubba Henry, Quincy
A: Correct. That's what I was pointing out last week. Read on…
Comment on the "RBI" v. "RBIs" What if someone just had one run batted in? That would still be RBI. It is quite appropriate to indicate more than one RBI as RBIs because al you are really doing is moving the "s" in Runs" to the end of the acronym. See http://www.webster.comnet.edu/grammer/plurals. The following was taken from "Key for Writers: A Brief Handbook" by Ann Raimes, Houghton Mifflin: New York 1996
Some abbreviations have embedded plural forms, and there are often inconsistencies in creating the plurals of these words. The speed of an internal combustion engine is measured in "revolutions per minute" or rpm (lower case) and the efficiency of an automobile is reported in "miles per gallon" or mpg (no "-s" endings). On the other hand, baseball players love to accumulate "runs batted in," a statistic that is usually reported as RBIs (although it would not be terribly unusual to hear that someone got 100 RBI last year - and some baseball commentators will talk about "ribbies," too). Also, the U.S. military provides "meals ready to eat" and those rations are usually described as MREs (not MRE). When an abbreviation can be used to refer to a singular thing - a run batted in, a meal ready-to-eat, a prisoner of war - it's surely a good idea to form the plural by adding "s" to the abbreviation: RBIs, MREs, POWs. (Notice that no apostrophe is involved in the formation of these plurals. Whether abbreviations like these are formed with upper- or lower-case letters is a matter of great mystery; only your dictionary editor knows for sure.)
Diane, Houston
A: It's a great argument, but not enough to change my view - I cringe whenever I hear someone say RBIs. I've often said someone had 100 RBI, and think that sounds perfectly fine. As for the guy who only had one RBI, I wouldn't spend much time talking about him. I'll be discussing the player who had four RBI every time.
and here is a pic of that Yankee Announcer.. Suzyn Waldman ..
No (!) needed...
http://www.boston.com/sports/nesn/caron/05_18_05/
Hate to break it to you but the term RBI is both singular and plural (just like moose, deer, etc)...Bill Mueller had 1 RBI (run batted in) in last night's game while Jason Varitek had 3 RBI (runs batted in)...so the exact same abbreviation means different things in different contexts...not much to get in a twist over...if anything, I would think that line stats that read 2 HR, 2 2B, etc. would be just as annoying since they should read 2 HRs, 2 2Bs, etc...what's good for the goose...
Bubba Henry, Quincy
A: Correct. That's what I was pointing out last week. Read on…
Comment on the "RBI" v. "RBIs" What if someone just had one run batted in? That would still be RBI. It is quite appropriate to indicate more than one RBI as RBIs because al you are really doing is moving the "s" in Runs" to the end of the acronym. See http://www.webster.comnet.edu/grammer/plurals. The following was taken from "Key for Writers: A Brief Handbook" by Ann Raimes, Houghton Mifflin: New York 1996
Some abbreviations have embedded plural forms, and there are often inconsistencies in creating the plurals of these words. The speed of an internal combustion engine is measured in "revolutions per minute" or rpm (lower case) and the efficiency of an automobile is reported in "miles per gallon" or mpg (no "-s" endings). On the other hand, baseball players love to accumulate "runs batted in," a statistic that is usually reported as RBIs (although it would not be terribly unusual to hear that someone got 100 RBI last year - and some baseball commentators will talk about "ribbies," too). Also, the U.S. military provides "meals ready to eat" and those rations are usually described as MREs (not MRE). When an abbreviation can be used to refer to a singular thing - a run batted in, a meal ready-to-eat, a prisoner of war - it's surely a good idea to form the plural by adding "s" to the abbreviation: RBIs, MREs, POWs. (Notice that no apostrophe is involved in the formation of these plurals. Whether abbreviations like these are formed with upper- or lower-case letters is a matter of great mystery; only your dictionary editor knows for sure.)
Diane, Houston
A: It's a great argument, but not enough to change my view - I cringe whenever I hear someone say RBIs. I've often said someone had 100 RBI, and think that sounds perfectly fine. As for the guy who only had one RBI, I wouldn't spend much time talking about him. I'll be discussing the player who had four RBI every time.
and here is a pic of that Yankee Announcer.. Suzyn Waldman ..
No (!) needed...
Not get into nerdy grammar stuff but I've always gone with HR. It can stand for home run or home runs. Same with RBI. I don't really ever hear anyone say runs batted in anymore so I guess I would understand people just using RBI...making it an actual word in a baseball sense and then add an S to the end to make it plural.
The one thing I've always wondered...when did K become a term for strikeout? When you look out at stats, I'd understand putting strikeouts as K because shut outs can been be written as SO or SHO. To me, it doesn't matter...we all know people are talking about when you say RBI and RBIs.
The same thing can be said in football with interceptions and touchdowns. TDs and INTs become an actual terms but the proper initials would be TD and INT in a singular or plural sense. Also, people like to substitute saying wins and losses with just saying W/Ws or L/Ls. I see points listed traditional at Pts., whether it is basketball, hockey or football. However with one point, you can see it listed as just Pt. In hockey, I don't see people call goals "Gs". G is the typical abbreviation for goal and A is the typical abbreviation in hockey and basketball.
It probably doesn't drive me nuts like it would for others. The real hardcore stat geeks probably have a fit over stuff like this. Grammatically, RBIs makes no sense but as a baseball term, it can be the exception to the rule.
The one thing I've always wondered...when did K become a term for strikeout? When you look out at stats, I'd understand putting strikeouts as K because shut outs can been be written as SO or SHO. To me, it doesn't matter...we all know people are talking about when you say RBI and RBIs.
The same thing can be said in football with interceptions and touchdowns. TDs and INTs become an actual terms but the proper initials would be TD and INT in a singular or plural sense. Also, people like to substitute saying wins and losses with just saying W/Ws or L/Ls. I see points listed traditional at Pts., whether it is basketball, hockey or football. However with one point, you can see it listed as just Pt. In hockey, I don't see people call goals "Gs". G is the typical abbreviation for goal and A is the typical abbreviation in hockey and basketball.
It probably doesn't drive me nuts like it would for others. The real hardcore stat geeks probably have a fit over stuff like this. Grammatically, RBIs makes no sense but as a baseball term, it can be the exception to the rule.
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