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hot-stove league
[ hot-stohv ]
noun
- devotees of a sport, especially baseball, who meet for off-season talks.
yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hot-stove league1
Example Sentences
Baseballâs hot-stove league was once the gold standard for leaguesâ ability to stay in the news during their offseason.
The annual âhot-stove leagueâ ritual, a flurry of free-agent signings and trades centred around the ownersâ winter meetings in December, seems to have gone cold.
Baseballâs hot-stove league is a tin can over a campfire compared to the NBAâs microwave since the playoffs ended.
Baseball's free-agent season won't heat up for a few more weeks, but Dave Dombrowski, new president of baseball operations for the Boston Red Sox, stoked the coals under the hot-stove league recently when he said his top priority this off-season is to add a "horse" to the rotation.
Baseball doesnât have one âhot-stove leagueâ to fascinate us all winter.
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