I don't know about anyone else, but I am fed up with hearing these schmos on the radio, and TV, whether it be an in-progress broadcast of a major league baseball game, or on ESPN radio, continually refering to RBI's (Runs Batted In ; more than one ; many) as RBI.
It sounds stupid, plain and simple, and it's bad English. Enough to make old grade school English teachers roll over in their collective graves !
For example. When Travis Hafner of the Cleveland Indians belts yet another of his record-setting grand slams, he is credited with 4 RBI's, not 4 RBI. Now, if you are going to say the words, "runs batted in", you say, Hafner had 4 runs batted in, or Hafner had 4 RBI's. Check your AP (Associated Press) style books folks.
It's as if these ESPN geeks, some of them anyhow, are trying to rewrite history. Well, it ain't happen'in !
Dave Burkey
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