# "hot stove" in baseball

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-stove-in-baseball/488990>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 10, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-stove-in-baseball/488990 "2009-03-10T18:39:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-stove-in-baseball/488990/1 "2009-03-10T18:39:08Z")

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Google-fu didn’t work. What does “hot stove” have to do with baseball?

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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-stove-in-baseball/488990/2 "2009-03-10T18:40:04Z")

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Hot stove = cold weather = baseball offseason = talk about baseball trades and such.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-stove-in-baseball/488990/3 "2009-03-10T18:49:07Z")

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Google results for [“hot stove baseball etymology”](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ei=3bW2SdaHMKbAMpiesOkK&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=hot+stove+baseball+etymology&spell=1).

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**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-stove-in-baseball/488990/4 "2009-03-10T20:34:41Z")

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Thanks! Works for me! I tried googling… and it just gave me leagues.