hot stove league

The discussions, speculations, and rumors by fans during the off-season about teams, players, and possible trades. It is most commonly used in reference to the baseball off-season, which occurs between November and February. (These are the coldest months of the year, so people might once have gathered around hot stoves to keep warm.) Sometimes hyphenated as "hot-stove league." This internet forum has become the go-to spot for the hot stove league, with fans from all over the country and the world gathering here to discuss the previous season and share their thoughts about what might happen in the season ahead. Come on, you can't trust anything you read in the hot stove league until you see it in a reliable publication. I know the hot stove league is convinced he's gonna sign with the Yankees, but I'm not so sure.