Because RBI=Runs Batted In
Im from the side that saya you NEVER say RBIs because youd be saying Run's' Bated In's'
It should always be "He had 7 RBI"....Not ..."He had 12 RBIs"
2006-07-06 17:43:36 · 8 answers · asked by NARC 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
If you're writing a newspaper stylebook, of course it is RBI, because that is correct ("runs batted in"). But people are lazy, and so will use "RBIs" in speech.
Incorrect usage becomes proper when it becomes common: another example is "run the gauntlet". In fact, "gantlet," a narrow passage, is meant, but nobody knows that word, and most people know "gauntlet" from tales of knights in armor.
2006-07-06 21:16:15 · answer #1 · answered by BroadwayPhil 4 · 10⤊ 7⤋
It's said "runs batted in", so you have to say that RBI is both singular and plural. RBIs is wrong, but so many have used it for so many years, we're stuck with it.
THINK BLUE!!!
2006-07-07 00:50:34 · answer #2 · answered by Rick H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm on your side, buddy. I HATE to hear people say RBIs, but we use it because it would sound even dumber if we said RsBI.
2006-07-07 04:37:43 · answer #3 · answered by Mary* 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its RBI, but then maybe it should be RsBI
2006-07-07 00:58:20 · answer #4 · answered by Rey817 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think i will stick with rbi for one , rbis for more than one.
2006-07-07 01:19:33 · answer #5 · answered by gg61 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RBI, RBI, RBI
2006-07-07 04:31:32 · answer #6 · answered by Cameron 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess... Is it really an age old question?
2006-07-07 00:47:55 · answer #7 · answered by Ross 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RBI.
rbi's are SOOOO wrong.
2006-07-07 00:54:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋