crooked number
n.— «Manuel believes the home run “is your greatest hit in baseball.” It gives the Phillies big-innings capability. They began Game 5 with 14 multi-run innings—”crooked numbers” in the parlance—out of 112 innings in the postseason.» —“Rays, Phillies make runs with speed, power” by Gerry Fraley USA Today Oct. 27, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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