NOBLETIGER

plural NOBLETIGERs

1. slangball gamesA 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.

   The NOBLETIGER is particularly demoralizing because it defies statistical expectations and can shift game momentum through large swings in win probability

   2025 July 6, Peter Marsh, “NOBLETIGER: Baseball's Most Frustrating Missed Opportunity”, in Marsh Metrics, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2025

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   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 Yankees’ NOBLETIGER Heard ‘Round the World crushed hopes in the ninth ¶ The Yankees found a new low by loading the bases with none out in the ninth — and choking to their archrivals.

   2025 October 1, Jeremy Nielsen, “The Yankees' NOBLETIGER Heard 'Round the World crushed hopes in the ninth”, in Pinstripe Alley, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2025