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NOBLETIGER

NOBLETIGER noun: a situation in which a baseball team, despite the team's runners occupying all three bases before a single out was recorded, is unable to score any runs from those three runners returning to the home plate before the inning ends.

Noun

NOBLETIGER (plural NOBLETIGERs)

  1. (slang) A situation in which a baseball team, despite the team's runners occupying all three bases before a single out was recorded, is unable to score any runs from those three runners returning to the home plate before the inning ends.
    • Then came the NOBLETIGER. For those unfamiliar, that is an acronym for No Outs, Bases Loaded, Ending with Team Incapable of Getting Easy Run. It’s the easiest situation to score and you still failed. Even worse for the Twins, it was with their three best hitters at the plate.2023 May 4, Benjamin Jones, “White Sox 6, Twins 4: A Good Old Fashioned NOBLETIGER”, in Twinkie Town, archived from the original on 04 May 2023
    • The NOBLETIGER is particularly demoralizing because it defies statistical expectations and can shift game momentum through large swings in win probability2025 July 6, Peter Marsh, “NOBLETIGER: Baseball's Most Frustrating Missed Opportunity”, in Marsh Metrics, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2025

Forms of NOBLETIGER

pluralNOBLETIGERs

Origin of NOBLETIGER

Acronym of no outs, bases loaded, ending with team incapable of getting easy run. Coined by Detroit Tigers fans in a 2018 Reddit thread as a play on their team's name.

Questions about NOBLETIGER

What does NOBLETIGER mean?
NOBLETIGER means a situation in which a baseball team, despite the team's runners occupying all three bases before a single out was recorded, is unable to score any runs from those three runners returning to the home plate before the inning ends.
What part of speech is NOBLETIGER?
NOBLETIGER is a noun.
What is the plural of NOBLETIGER?
The plural of NOBLETIGER is NOBLETIGERs.

Words near NOBLETIGER in the dictionary

  1. noblesse
  2. noblesse oblige
  3. noblesses
  4. noblest
  5. Noblesville
  6. NOBLETIGER
  7. NOBLETIGERs
  8. Nobleton
  9. Noblett
  10. Nobletts
  11. noblewoman

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