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The '''Hot Stove League''' is a [[baseball]]-related term, referring to the off-season. Therefore, it is not actually a "league", but the term instead calls up images of baseball fans, anxious for the start of the new season, gathering around a hot [[stove]] during the cold [[winter]] [[month]]s discussing their favorite baseball teams. The term has also come to refer to the wave of off-season player transactions (trades, re-signings, [[free agency]], etc.) that occur between seasons. Since most free agent signings and trades occur during the off-season, this time of significant player transactions (including [[rumor]]s and speculation about possible trades), is often referred to as the "Hot Stove League". |
The '''Hot Stove League''' is a [[baseball]]-related term, referring to the off-season. Therefore, it is not actually a "league", but the term instead calls up images of baseball fans, anxious for the start of the new season, gathering around a hot [[stove]] during the cold [[winter]] [[month]]s discussing their favorite baseball teams. The term has also come to refer to the wave of off-season player transactions (trades, re-signings, [[free agency]], etc.) that occur between seasons. Since most free agent signings and trades occur during the off-season, this time of significant player transactions (including [[rumor]]s and speculation about possible trades), is often referred to as the "Hot Stove League". |
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*[http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/baseball_basics/lingo.jsp Major League Baseball lingo] |
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Revision as of 16:34, 4 January 2007
The Hot Stove League is a baseball-related term, referring to the off-season. Therefore, it is not actually a "league", but the term instead calls up images of baseball fans, anxious for the start of the new season, gathering around a hot stove during the cold winter months discussing their favorite baseball teams. The term has also come to refer to the wave of off-season player transactions (trades, re-signings, free agency, etc.) that occur between seasons. Since most free agent signings and trades occur during the off-season, this time of significant player transactions (including rumors and speculation about possible trades), is often referred to as the "Hot Stove League".
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