Meaning of Altuve | Babel Free

Definitions

A distance of five feet and five inches, used chiefly as a unit to measure distances of home run balls.

slang

Examples

“So, if you want to know the minimum length of a World Cup Soccer field while watching TV, it's 60.9 Altuves.”

“In 2012 Houston Astros fan Bryan Trostel was watching a game when he heard the announcers joke about how many “altuves” a home run had traveled.”

“Judge is 1.22 Altuves. Is there a drawback to being a big man in baseball?”

“No matter how you slice it, Altuve is one of the best hitters in baseball despite yielding at least 7 inches (that’s about .108 Altuves) to every other elite hitter.”

“Want to know how many Altuves there are from home plate to first base? That would be 16.61436219309581.”

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