Etymology

NOBLETIGER

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Today it 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. Full definition →

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The story

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.

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