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HOT STOVE LEAGUE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2012-05-04
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Baseball and Softball
- Ice Hockey
- Radio Arts
- Television Arts
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- hot-stove league
1, record 1, English, hot%2Dstove%20league
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- hot stove league 2, record 1, English, hot%20stove%20league
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Fan-to-fan baseball conversation, discussion, or argument during the winter, so called because of the custom of a group of men sitting around a pot-bellied stove in the local general store to talk baseball. 3, record 1, English, - hot%2Dstove%20league
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
For baseball talks, it was off-season discussions. But when hockey fans started having such discussions, especially on television, in-between periods, the name was kept and the pot-bellied stove included in the stage setting. 4, record 1, English, - hot%2Dstove%20league
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Baseball et softball
- Hockey sur glace
- Radio (Arts du spectacle)
- Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- ligue du vieux poêle
1, record 1, French, ligue%20du%20vieux%20po%C3%AAle
see observation, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- La Ligue du vieux poêle 1, record 1, French, La%20Ligue%20du%20vieux%20po%C3%AAle
correct, see observation, feminine noun, Canada
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Au début de la télévision française à Radio-Canada (Montréal), les commentaires entre les périodes des parties de hockey étaient assurés par des journalistes ou commentateurs invités par l'animateur, Jean-Maurice Bailly, lesquels, assis dans des berceuses autour d'un poêle à bois, y allaient de leurs propos avec verve et assurance. Suivie avec autant d'intérêt que la partie elle-même, cette tranche de la télédiffusion était appelée «La Ligue du vieux poêle». 1, record 1, French, - ligue%20du%20vieux%20po%C3%AAle
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
En français, la règle veut une majuscule au premier nom (et à l'adjectif qui le précède) dans la désignation d'une association ou d'une formation à connotation sportive. 1, record 1, French, - ligue%20du%20vieux%20po%C3%AAle
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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