Foul Ball

After years of resistance, UPI and AP now provide box scores that list the "Game-Winning RBI." This goes to the player who drives in the winning run no matter when he does so—first inning or ninth—or what the final score is—1-0 or 12-2. It's a bad stat, implying as it does excellence under pressure. If the GWRBI is to carry any credence, it should go only to a player who drives in the decisive run from the seventh inning on.