why is the world series called this when it is only the UnitedStates teams?

Answer 1

Because 100 years ago nobody but the USA played the game. I guess we like to still think we are the best at everything. The fact is Japan and many Latin American countries play baseball as good if not better than we do.

It all boils down to ego. We should call the series, the "Major League Championship Series". Then there should be a round robin tournament with the other countries best teams to determine who the real world champion should be!!!

Answer 2

First of all, let's clear up the misconception US was the only country that played baseball 100 years ago. On the contrary,
Beachville, Ontario, Canada was playing it a year before Doubleday invented the game in Cooperstown, New York.
The date was June 4, 1838.
Canada

The first baseball game recorded in Canada was played in Beachville, Ontario on June 14, 1838 (before the purported codification of the game by Abner Doubleday). Many Canadians, including the staff of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in St. Marys, Ontario, claim that this was the first documented game of modern baseball, although there appears to be no evidence that the rules used in this game were codified and adopted in other regions.

The London Tecumsehs of London, Ontario were charter members of the International Association and won its first championship in 1877, beating the Pittsburgh, Alleghenies.

While baseball is widely played in Canada, the American major leagues did not include a Canadian team until 1969, when the Montreal Expos joined the National League (the London Tecumsehs were refused admission to the National League in 1877 because they refused to stop playing exhibition games against local teams). In 2004, MLB decided to move the Expos to Washington, DC.

In 1977, the Toronto Blue Jays joined the American League. They won the World Series in 1992 and 1993.

In 2003 an attempt to create the Canadian Baseball League was launched, but the league folded halfway through its first season.

Now, to answer your question, read this link:
http://roadsidephotos.sabr.org/baseball/name.htm

The World Baseball Classic determined the world champions
at the international level, and the current world champions are
Japan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Baseball_Classic
http://ww2.worldbaseballclassic.com/2006/index.jsp

Answer 3

Most Baseball historians agree that this is the most through answer for the oft asked question.

One baseball myth that just won't die is that the "World Series" was named for the New York World newspaper, which supposedly sponsored the earliest contests. It didn't, and it wasn't.

In fact, the postseason series between the AL and NL champs was originally known as the "Championship of the World" or "World's Championship Series." That was shortened through usage to "World's Series" and finally to "World Series."

This usage can be traced through the annual baseball guides. Spalding's Base Ball Guide for 1887 reported the results of the 1886 postseason series between Chicago, champions of the National League, and St. Louis, champions of the American Association, under the heading "The World's Championship." As the editor noted, the two leagues "both entitle their championship contests each season as those for the base ball championship of the United States," so a more grandiose name was required to describe the postseason showdown between the two "champions of the United States."

But the Spalding Guide -- which, after all, was published by one of the world's largest sporting goods companies, with a vested interest in bringing baseball to other lands -- had grander ambitions. By 1890, the Spalding Guide was explaining that "[t]he base ball championship of the United States necessarily includes that of the entire world, though the time will come when Australia will step in as a rival, and after that country will come Great Britain; but all that is for the future."

This didn't happen, but the name "World's Championship Series" stuck. Reporting on the first modern postseason series, the Red Sox-Pirates battle of 1903, the 1904 Reach Guide called it the "World's Championship Series." By 1912, Reach's headline spoke of the "World's Series," while editor Francis Richter's text still referred to the "World's Championship Series." The Reach Guide switched from "World's Series" to "World Series" in 1931, retaining the modern usage through its merger with the Spalding Guide and through its final issue in 1941. The separately-edited Spalding Guide used "World's Series" through 1916, switching to "World Series" in the 1917 edition.

The Spalding-Reach Guide was replaced as Major League Baseball's semi-official annual by the Sporting News Guide, first published in 1942. The Sporting News Guide used "World's Series" from 1942 through 1963, changing to "World Series" in the 1964 edition.

Moreover, the New York World never claimed any connection with postseason baseball. The World was a tabloid much given to flamboyant self-promotion. If it had been involved in any way with sponsoring a championship series, the fact would have been emblazoned across its sports pages for months. I reviewed every issue of the World for the months leading up to the 1903 and 1905 World's Championship Series -- there's not a word suggesting any link between the paper and the series.

The above is from the Web Site of the Society for American Baseball Reasearch.

http://roadsidephotos.sabr.org/baseball/name.htm


Doug Pappas is the Author. He has been chairman of SABR's Business of Baseball Committee since its founding in 1994.



Furthermore, the link below contains virtually the same answer! However it also contains the information that the name for the event was also known as the Temple Cup, named after William Temple.

http://www.snopes.com/business/names/worldseries.asp

Answer 4

Baseball originated in America. People from all around the world play here, in the Majors. A better question would be, "Why is there a Miss Universe pageant?"

Answer 5

it dates back to the 1880's when baseball was confined mostly to north america, espically at the skill and competition level. so game was originally known as World's Championship Series because America was the only place that had baseball on that level, so it was assumed that any team that won that game would also win over any other team in the world, which really didn't exist. it's mostly like a brand name now.

it was not because the paper known as the new york world was sponsoring it.

Answer 6

I was wondering the same thing, we all know what happened when we got the world together to play baseball right? Japan won, Japan are the world champions till the next baseball classic.
I also agree big time to what Georgie said!! Well said Georgie!!

Answer 7

One baseball myth that just won't die is that the "World Series" was named for the New York World newspaper, which supposedly sponsored the earliest contests. It didn't, and it wasn't.

Fact is, the postseason series between the AL and NL champs was originally known as the "Championship of the World" or "World's Championship Series." That was shortened through usage to "World's Series" and finally to "World Series."

Answer 8

BLUE JAYS????????

Anyway why is it the super bowl- When it is not in a bowl
NBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP-Only in N. America and Canada
Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a Drive way
Why does 7-11 have locks on the door if they never close

Answer 9

The greatest players from around the world play in the MLB. The MLB is full of international players, not just Americans.

Answer 10

Mostly because it is considered the top league in the world.