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ストーブリーグ

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Meanings

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noun

hot stove league; off-season player trading

baseball

Baseball term referring to the off-season period when teams trade players, named after the image of fans discussing trades around a hot stove.

ストーブリーグでは、各かく球きゅう団だんが積せっ極きょく的てきにトレードを行おこなう。
During the hot stove league, each team actively makes trades.

今年ことし

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ストーブリーグ

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籍せき

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This year's hot stove league saw a series of major transfers.

Written forms

ストーブ・リーグ
- ストーブリーグ
  Variant with a middle dot; less common but still seen.
- ストーブ・リーグ

Similar words

トレード
トレード refers to a specific player trade, while ストーブリーグ is the broader off-season trading period and its associated discussions.

Etymology

From English 'stove league', a term for off-season baseball discussions and trades, originally from the image of fans gathering around a hot stove to talk about the sport.