I have heard this term used numerous times by announcers and on sportscenter but yet they never explain what it is?
does anyone know?
i thought it was at first when you put up more runs then the inning number but that didnt make sense this is the one piece of information i do not know in sports!
2006-09-29 09:50:52 · 5 answers · asked by Finishing Firestarter 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
crooked number
A number other than a zero or a one, referring to the appearance of the actual number. A team which is able to score two or more runs in an inning is said to "hang a crooked number" on the scoreboard or on the pitcher.
2006-09-29 09:54:37 · answer #1 · answered by srmdarlll06 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Crooked Number
2016-10-07 02:35:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
crooked number
A number other than a zero or a one, referring to the appearance of the actual number. A team which is able to score two or more runs in an inning is said to "hang a crooked number" on the scoreboard or on the pitcher.
2006-09-29 09:59:05 · answer #3 · answered by DanE 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
2 -9 runs is refered to as a crooked number.
2006-09-29 09:53:09 · answer #4 · answered by Ask the Chef 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
When a team puts up a "crooked number," it usually refers to a large number of runs, i.e. 5 runs in an inning.
2006-09-29 09:56:31 · answer #5 · answered by Baseball Fanatic 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
It means that a picher did not put together a scoreless half inning (the term usually used that the pitcher has given up number of runs in one inning more than 1 or 2). The number 0 itself is round and any other numbers has angles in it an therfore is crooked, except for 8 since it is the snowman of numbers. (They probably say that the pitcher was shelled for 8 runs in that instance)
2006-09-29 11:19:36 · answer #6 · answered by football298 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋
A number higher than 1.
1 is a straight number, get it? Although 11 is pretty straight....
2016-05-25 07:32:41 · answer #7 · answered by Kenneth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The number of runs that score due to an error in the inning.
2015-06-30 08:18:11 · answer #8 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means more runs than hits. There are situations where a team will score more runs than the number of hits they have. This is a crooked number.
2006-09-29 09:54:37 · answer #9 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I have always heard it as any inning with more than one run. Two is better than one. Three is better than 1 and etc.
2006-09-29 09:58:08 · answer #10 · answered by Charles 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋