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[Rex W. Stocklin]

At 11:56 PM -0400 5/11/05, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:

>Well, I remember that onetime Pittsburgh Pirate Ralph Kiner, when he was a
>Mets commentator, always said things like, "He lids the lig in RBIs"

Here in Naptown, the jockcasters are given to saying ribbies
(ribbys?). Is this just a local phenom or more ecumenical?

Loving the sports slang

In the crease and jacking the j's,
Lexy Rexy
Fishers, IN