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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 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".

[needed: an explanation of what a "hot stove" have to do with anything.]

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