座谈会 colloquia; conversazione; focus group discussion; forum; hot stove league; rap ... 京都日中学术交流座谈会 kyoto forum on japan china academic exchanges; kyoto forum on japan-china acad ..
abstract:The "Hot Stove League" is a baseball-related term, referring to the sport's off-season. The phrase does not denote an actual league, but 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.