A "crooked number" in baseball

u answered ur question

It means they scored a shite ton of runs in one inning.

That's what I thought BB3. So what is the lowest crooked number?

It's all about interpretation. You will never hear a broadcaster say, "they put up a crooked number in the 4th," if they only scored 2 runs.

I think it is probably around 4 or 5 runs or more.

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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.

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The answer is 2, you A-Rod hater.

Thanks for digging that up Cmohri1, it's exactly the answer I was searching for.

I watch a shite ton of baseball games. I must just be mistaken on this one. The Yankee broadcasters never say this.

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I watch a shite ton of baseball games

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obviously you watch them on mute because i hear it quite often

Usually you hear a broadcaster say something like 'we could really use a crooked number here' when the bases are loaded or 'a few crooked numbers would be nice' when behind by a bunch, or something of that sort. Meaning that just one run isn't going to do.