2006-06-28 09:54:56 · 18 answers · asked by You_Say_What_82 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
As I understand it the World Series - the game between the winners of the National League and the American League - is named after the original sponsers of the series in 1903 The New York World ( an American Newspaper ).
2006-06-28 21:52:32 · answer #1 · answered by axely1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well not only Americans compete/play. For example the Boston Red Sox have David Ortiz (aka. Big Papi) and Many Ramirez... Those are not exactly American names. So techniquely people from all over the world do compete in baseball. Besides anywhere else in the world does not like baseball as much as Americans and if they tried to play the Americans we would always win. So we make the competition a little tougher by trying to beat ourselves.
2006-06-28 17:01:42 · answer #2 · answered by TrippleThreat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is just a name....But even such as that is, let me give you some more rationale ...
Back when the world series started and was given a name, there were not other countries that had leagues. So the best team in America was by default the best team in the world.
I would imagine that you could still make that claim now though there are leagues in Japan, Korea, Cuba etc to name a few. The best players in the world all come over to America to play. That fact cannot be debated. It would only go to reason that the best team in such a league would be the best team in the world...
2006-06-28 17:04:36 · answer #3 · answered by Coupe60 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Players come from all over the world. The Domincan Republic, Japan, Korea, Cuba, Canada, Mexico...If you can ball you can play in the big leagues...americans are not the only ones that play.
2006-06-28 17:14:37 · answer #4 · answered by endosmoka 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last time I looked the Toronto Blue Jays still played their home games in Canada. And Canadians are slightly different than Americans.
2006-06-28 17:17:21 · answer #5 · answered by Sunrise Otter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you bother not to look up the previous 7,465,870 times this question has been asked?
The World Series is older than the World Cup. Deal with it.
2006-06-28 17:05:50 · answer #6 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because its all the best PLAYERS in the world. From the USA, Canada, Dominican, Puerto Rico, Japan, Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Korea, etc...
2006-06-28 17:13:52 · answer #7 · answered by J-Far 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, technically their is also the Toronto Blue Jays, but, they don't represent the rest of the world. Good question. I guess we have to ask that question directly to the commissioner of MLB Bud Selig.
2006-06-28 17:18:36 · answer #8 · answered by Loco/Insane 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Americans think they are the world!
2006-06-28 16:59:14 · answer #9 · answered by grumpyoldman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The players come from all around the world. there arent that many americans in mlb
2006-06-28 17:03:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋