Why are the baseball finals called the WORLD series when it is only US teams that play? The WORLD CUP is?

Question

called that because the teams are from around the world. Isn't it ARROGANT for baseball in America to use the word WORLD! The U.S. is not the WORLD!

Answer 1

In 1903 the American League and the National League decided to consider themselves separate but equal and honor the contracts players signed as binding. To generate fan interest, the leagues decided to have their champions play a best of nine series at the end of the season to see which team is better. The owners of the Boston Pilgrims and the Pittsburgh Pirates chose to call this playoff the "World's Series" even though the cities are only 560 miles apart. This was simply done as a marketing ploy so that the fans would take an interest and not consider the series mere exhibition. Obviously, the name stuck.

Answer 2

because the US-based league has an overwhelming percentage of the best players in the world. same for the NBA. would you argue that the very best basketball team from anyplace outside the NBA would be anything less than humiliated by this year's champion, the Miami Heat? Or any NBA team, for that matter? These are sports that do not enjoy the same worldwide popularity as World Cup competition - the overall world-class talent pool is smaller, and therefore the world's best players will gravitate to the US because this is where the pinnacle of competition, pretige and paydays are located.

Answer 3

Because the teams are compirsed of the best players from all over the world. SInce the White Sox won the world series last year doesnt mean people from Chicago are the best at baseball. They have players from all over the world.

Answer 4

Well, this is a fine time to bring this up now, birdy. Where were you 103 years ago when they came up with the name?

Seriously, it's more true in 2006 than it was in 1903: by and large, the best baseball players in the world play for American professional teams -- note all the players on American baseball rosters from other countries, even countries such as Japan that have their own well-established professional baseball leagues.

(Yes, I know about the results of the World Baseball Classic this past spring, but for reasons such as American players competing for their ancestral countries, it wasn't exactly a fair World Cup-style competition.)

Answer 5

yes, there are canadian teams. but the MLB has players from around the world. How many players do you hear coming from Japan, Korea, The Dominican Republic, Cuba, etc? Plus, when baseball started, it was only in the US and therefore was the only championship in the world. after so many years of soing so, why would they change the name of it? The world series is a goal that most boys grow up hoping to be a part of!

Answer 6

1902 actually (boston vs. pittsburgh). At the time, Americans were the only ones playing baseball, some stickball type games existed in Europe, so technically the title of World Series was correct. Now, the best players in the World play here, so it's again accurate.

Answer 7

Its argued that the best players in the world play in the MLB, so it technically is a World Series.

Answer 8

Yeah, one Canadian team and the rest of the country couldn't care less for them, let alone the home city (trust me, I know, I used to work at the Rogers Centre). It is arrogant, but if you think about it, it's also great marketing.

Answer 9

hey dumbass, its because players come from all over the world. There are players from Mexico, Canada, Domincan Republic, Venezuela, Peurto Rico, Japan, China, Korea etc... the MLB is comprised of all the best players from around the world.

Answer 10

Yea. But there are other things in the world to worry about brother