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Ribs

December 15, 2017

A baseball fan confuses RBIs with ribs, and treats rib count as an impressive statistic.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-12-15-ribs/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

A (watching a batter): "How many RIBS does this guy have?" B: "You mean 'RBIs'? Like, runs batted in?"

A: "No, RIBs! Like, the bony things in your chest. Anything above 24 is considered VERY impressive."

B: "Is... is that a stat?"

Topics
Statistics › Sports StatisticsScience › Biology
Level
Middle SchoolAll Ages
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SportsPunsLanguage & Wordplay