Stove League
Details[]
- Title: 스토브리그 / Seutobeurigeu (Stove League)
- Also known as: Hot Stove League
- Genre: Sports
- Episodes: 16
- Broadcast network: SBS
- Broadcast period: 2019-Dec-13 to 2020-Feb-14
- Air time: Friday & Saturday 22:00
- Original Soundtrack: Stove League OST
Synopsis[]
Baek Seung Soo (Nam Goong Min) is the newly hired general manager of a struggling minor league baseball team called Dreams, which ranks bottom of the league. Lee Se Young (Park Eun Bin) is the loyal and dedicated operations manager of the team. Together, they must find a way to turnaround the team's fortunes.
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Cast[]
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- Main Cast
- Nam Goong Min as Baek Seung Soo (Dreams general manager)
- Park Eun Bin as Lee Se Young (Dreams operations manager)
- Oh Jung Se as Kwon Kyung Min (Dreams owner)
- Jo Byung Kyu as Han Jae Hee (Dreams operations staff member)
- Dreams front office
- Son Jong Hak as Ko Kang Sun (Dreams team president)
- Lee Joon Hyuk as Ko Se Hyuk (Dreams director of scouting)
- Yoon Byung Hee as Yang Won Sup (Dreams scout)
- Kim Do Hyun as Yoo Kyung Taek (Dreams power analysis team leader)
- Kim Soo Jin as Im Mi Sun (Dreams marketing team leader)
- Park Ji Hoon as Byun Chi Hoon (Dreams PR team leader)
- Kim Ki Moo as Jang Woo Suk (Dreams deputy manager of scouting)
- Dreams players
- Hong Ki Joon (홍기준) as Jang Jin Woo (Dreams veteran pitcher)
- Chae Jong Hyup as Yoo Min Ho (Dreams pitching prospect)
- Jo Han Sun as Im Dong Kyu (Dreams clean-up batter)
- Cha Yup as Seo Young Joo (Dreams catcher)
- Kim Dong Won (김동원) as Kwak Han Young (Dreams infielder)
- Kim Bong Man (김봉만) as Kang Tae Min (Dreams infielder)
- Jang Won Hyung (장원형) as Lee Yong Jae (Dreams outfielder)
- Dreams coaching staff
- Lee Ul (이얼) as Yoon Sung Bok (Dreams team director)
- Son Kwang Up as Choi Yong Koo (Dreams pitching coach)
- Kim Min Sang as Lee Chul Min (Dreams senior coach)
- Seo Ho Chul as Min Tae Sung (Dreams batting coach)
- Other baseball people
- Lee Dae Yeon as Kim Jong Moo (general manager of Vikings)
- Song Young Kyu as Oh Sa Hoon (general manager of Pelicans)
- Park So Jin as Kim Young Chae (sports announcer)
- Ha Do Kwon as Kang Do Ki (ace pitcher)
- Kim Kang Min as Lee Chang Kwon (player of Vikings)
- Others
- Kim Jung Hwa as Yoo Jung In (Baek Seung Soo's ex-wife)
- Yoon Sun Woo as Baek Young Soo (Baek Seung Soo's younger brother)
- Yoon Bok In as Jung Mi Sook (Lee Se Young's mother)
- Jun Gook Hwan as Kwon Il Do (chairman of Jaesong Group)
- Lee Kyu Ho as Chun Heung Man
- Lee Yong Woo as Kil Chang Joo / Robert Kill
- Moon Won Joo as Kim Ki Bum
- Lee Je Hoon as Lee Je Hoon, CEO of PF Soft (cameo) (Ep 16)
- Lee Tae Hyung
Production Credits[]
- Production Company: Gill Pictures (길픽쳐스)
- Director: Jung Dong Yoon
- Screenwriter: Lee Shin Hwa
Episode Ratings[]
See Stove League/Episode Ratings
Notes[]
- Each night's 70 minute episode is divided into two or three parts with a commercial breaks in between.
- The show's title is a reference to the period of winter off-season professional baseball preparation, sometimes called the "Hot Stove League".
- Nam Goong Min and Park Eun Bin previously worked together as second leads in the historical drama Gu Am Heo Joon (MBC, 2013).
Recognitions[]
- 2020 7th Apan Star Awards:
- Best Screenwriter (Lee Shin Hwa)
- 2020 28th SBS Drama Awards:
- Grand Prize (Daesang) (Nam Goong Min)
- Best Character Award, Actor (Oh Jung Se)
- Best New Actor (Jo Byung Kyu)
- Best Supporting Team
- 2020 56th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best Drama
- 2020 33rd Grimae Awards:
- Best Picture (Drama)
- Best Actor (Nam Goong Min)
- Best Actress (Park Eun Bin)
- 2020 15th Seoul International Drama Awards
- Excellence Award for Hallyu Drama
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