Why do we call it the World Series when it only involves teams from North America?

Answer 1

Cause we are the world. We started baseball! We are the best! We can be arrogant,because we are the best! If you don't like being the best go somewhere else! I like your little pic!

Answer 2

Baseball history shows that, beginning as far back as 1884, there were several years where post-season championship games took place. However, they were "hit or miss" until 1903. That year, the National League and the recently-established American League signed a "peace treaty" designed to end the raiding of players by each league's member clubs. Although no mention of a post-season championship series was mentioned, the presidents of the winning Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Pilgrims (known to us as the Red Sox), respectively, came up with the idea of a nine-game, post-season series to show off their teams, establishing the annual event eagerly awaited by baseball fans everywhere.

The 1904 Reach Guide reported on this first official "World's Championship Series," (played in 1903) using a name first coined in 1886 by the Spalding (of athletic equipment fame) Base Ball Guide in reference to the post-season game between Chicago and St. Louis. Spalding's editor noted that since both teams were already "champions of the United States" in their respective leagues, the winner of the post-season games would be "world" champions, hence the "World's Championship Series." Spalding's continued to refer to post-season games by this name, adding that as other nations embraced baseball, their winning teams would participate in the playoffs, turning the "World's Championship Series" into a reality.

Although this never happened, the name remained in use, becoming shorter as time passed. This was most evident in the Reach and Spalding's Guides, both of which referred, over the years, to the "World's Series," and eventually the "World Series." In the 1930s, these guides merged, ceasing publication in 1941, when they were replaced by the Sporting News Guide. The latter used "World's Series" from 1942 through 1963, switching to the still-in-use "World Series" in 1964.

Answer 3

If we included professional teams from such nations like Japan, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and others, the rules (written and unwritten) would have to be modified significantly to accomodate everyone. For example, in Japan, umpires often defer to managers instead of the other way around.
MLB tried to have an Olympic-like atmosphere during spring training with the World Baseball Classic, but it did not fly as well as they'd hoped.
All North American pro teams call themselves world champions after they win, not just baseball.

Answer 4

Because the United States is the world. Why do you think the world cup is not as big as the Super Bowl. No one cares about soccer in the US. All the best players from all over the world play in the MLB.

Answer 5

Back in thge o9ld days of baseball ,cant remember what years, but the weekly wprld news stared a base ball series and it was called "the World Series"

Answer 6

I don't know but the Oregon State University Beavers just won the college world series.

Answer 7

if you watch sunday night baseball this year whenever thewhite sox were on they rfre them as the mlb champions. the real world series champions were the ones that played this spring in the world baseball classic. that is japan. that is a real world series.

Answer 8

It's always, the world series...

Answer 9

Because americans are so arrogant that they think the USA is the only country that matters! And im american!

Answer 10

Good question...I don't know the answer...probably a good marketing technique to make this small thing seem huge.