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The Baseball 'World' Series?
Byrnzie
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Why is it called the World Series when only Americans are involved? :think:
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by Byrnzie » Nov 25th, '11, 05:49
Why is it called the World Series when only Americans are involved?
Look at the roster of any MLB team, you will find quite an international blend. The best players in the WOLRD come here to play.
Here and Toronto.
So why wasn't it called The American Series?
So why wasn't it called The American Series?[/quote
At that time the baseball "world" was only America. The game has grown internationly since. Maybe they just knew how big the game/series would get.
But even today with the game having 'grown internationally', there is still no World competition, or anything that could qualify as a 'World Series'.
How many other countries now play baseball? South Korea, Japan, Brazil?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Baseball_Classic
as to your original question ... at the time they started it ... baseball was pretty much just played in america so - they considered it the world championships ... they say the same thing about the nba as well ...
Though I would love to see an exhibition series between the World Series champion and the say, Japanese league.
The name stuck, but I don't understand why it still bothers people.
Besides, if we change the name now, the Cubs truly never will win a "World Series".
The Jays won the World Series in 1992 and 1993, so Canada counts (sort of). Honestly, who cares that it's the "World Series"? The title has history so changing it seems unnecessary IMO.
Oh, I'm with you. My point was that it is an international game and the highest level of competition just happens to be played in North America.
Never fails to point USA's "arrogance" . Seems not to post much about how "great" britan enslaved and exploited much of the world.
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I believe all the competitors are from Earth.
Now wait, why am I laughing? Are we sure they're all earthlings?
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really man? come on. this stuff dates back to the early 1900's. this kind of thread just makes you look like an anti-american at all costs, grasping at straws. you're better than that.
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When you meet an alien who feels discriminated against, let me know.
America rules the world...duh!
Because it also involves Japanese players, etc.
do you follow baseball?
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/birthplace.php
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Willie makes him hide whenever they have company.
Stan makes him live in the attic "for his own good." He's become an alcoholic with multiple personalities.
And the worst of all . . .
He was denied the basic right of a phone call home.
And none of them have ever been allowed to enter the Miss Universe pageant.
Terms like "World Series" used to puzzle me when I was a kid because I knew it wasn't the right description but I'm not aware of the rest of the world being up in arms about it. There are so many sports terms that are overly dramatic and this just seems like another one of them.
You might have gotten a livelier debate if you'd posted this in October when the Series was actually happening but I still think there are plenty of more serious problems facing the world at the moment than what Major League Baseball chooses to call its championship.
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