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Same thing as "brother-in-law" and "brothers-in-law." Though most people say brother-in-laws, it is improper.
Actually it is not the case at all. You are wrong about the reference to Brother-In-law.
If some on said my BIL or SIL, than yes it should be BILs or SILs but if you are saying the words out you are wrong.
If you want to write BILs or SILs, fine. "My BILs" needs the 's' because that is the only way to know you're speaking of multiple people without a number in front of 'BIL'.
But I would say you're wrong if you said or wrote "brother-in-laws."
And on that note, I say and write 'RBI', and I know plenty of baseball people that do. The only time I would write "RBIs" is if it isn't otherwise clear we are talking about multiple. And that's an exception for a special case, and only in writing. In most circumstances, the plurality is evident. "RBI" is what you see in the stats, its how you would say it, etc. and for those reasons I use "RBI."