why is called world champions if they only play against usa teams?can somebody explain to me???why why????????????
2006-10-28 16:15:57 · 11 answers · asked by marisela a 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
For many, many years, baseball was considered solely an American sport, and a certain amount of patriotic arrogance prevented the recognition of the quality of play in other countries.
Since that time, Major League Baseball has made strides to recognize play in other countries. Prominent players come from all over the world, including several countries in Latin America and Asia. The MLB runs seasonal leagues and provides training in some of these countries now.
Earlier this year, for the first time, we had what might truly be called a world championship with the advent of the World Baseball Classic (http://ww2.worldbaseballclassic.com/2006/index.jsp).
So yes, it is a bit silly to consider the St. Louis Cardinals to be the "world champions" in this day and age, and hopefully that will change with time.
2006-10-28 16:27:22 · answer #1 · answered by asimovian 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No other countries could field a team to compete on the level that USA does, if they could they would be playing too
2006-10-29 08:35:08 · answer #2 · answered by Ricky Lee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The World Series started before baseball spread to other countries and became popular. So, it pretty much was the World Series then, and they just haven't changed the name. It's not only U.S. teams either, there are the Toronto Blue Jays and there used to be the Montreal Expos before the team was moved to Washington D.C. and became the Nationals. Astros for World Champs 2007!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-28 23:25:35 · answer #3 · answered by invincible 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
becoz we amerikans think we are hot SH*t with our baseball teams runnin around winning an losing random times, its either u got sk1ll or not.
honestly other worldwide teams could bust our ****s like japan.
we prabaly scared to play the world we are so caught up in our own ego.
2006-10-29 00:08:29 · answer #4 · answered by oceanlab 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Reason is that Americans think that they are the entire world so even though there is a team in Canada (Sort of), the Americans think that they are the only country that counts.
2006-10-28 23:20:04 · answer #5 · answered by vegasbrother98 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
their is one Canadian team,and open your eyes only the best are here from japan south America only exception is Cuba
2006-10-29 09:08:59 · answer #6 · answered by allawishes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why do they call it the lameass World Cup if its only foreign idiots whom kick lil wee soccer ball u fool
2006-10-28 23:57:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What about Toronto?
2006-10-28 23:23:23 · answer #8 · answered by *AstrosChick* 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
there are people that play in the mlb that ARE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
LIKE DAVID ORTIZ HES FROM THE DOMINICAN RI PUBLIC
2006-10-28 23:53:11 · answer #9 · answered by blindskater11894 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because we are Americans. We can do whatever we want, and we usually do.
2006-10-28 23:21:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋