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why is it called the world series when only the U. S. A play in it

2006-11-28 11:57:40 · 14 answers · asked by Ron W 2 in Sports Baseball

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PLEASE ENOUGH ALREADY

2006-11-28 12:05:34 · answer #1 · answered by smitty 7 · 2 0

This goes in line with what the Hull Rugby guy said.

I heard the story about baseball's main event, being sponsered by the World Globe newspaper back in the late 1890's, and they got naming rights to the event the "World Series"

The next line was something in the line of "this would be more impressive if it were true"

Its called the world series because it is. It was called the World Series long before Canadian teams came into the competition, and long before Japan.

I would imagine they wanted a name that sounded impressive, American championship or something was too small, and as America was the only real nations with a professional competition at that time, World Series seemed good. To try and convey the magnitude of the event (or increase it)

2006-11-29 05:40:39 · answer #2 · answered by holdon 4 · 0 0

The only teams that take part are the 30 major league teams 29 from the USA & 1 from Canada (Toronto Blue Jays) all but twice has the World Series been won by teams from the US Toronto won Back to Back titles in the early 1990's.

The term "World Series" derives from the final series of games played to determine the champions was sponsored by a newspaper whose name wasd "World"

2006-11-29 14:14:59 · answer #3 · answered by Hilton Scouser 3 · 0 0

I will give the same answer I always give to this question. The MLB is the top level of pro baseball. the best players from around the world want to play at the top level. The league is not made up by just Americans if you haven't noticed. Granted they have been calling it the world series for a hundred years but there is no reason to change it now because of what I said previously.

2006-11-28 22:39:12 · answer #4 · answered by Jack NYY #1 3 · 0 0

cause there dumb yanks

The title of this championship is confusing to some international readers, because the World Series is confined to the champions of two baseball leagues that currently operate only in the United States and Canada.

The explanation is that when the term "World's Championship Series" was first used in the 1880s, baseball was almost exclusively confined to North America, especially at a highly skilled (and paid) level. Thus it was understood that the winner of the major league championship was the best baseball team in the world. The title of this event was soon shortened to "World's Series" and later to "World Series".

The United States continued to be the zenith of professional baseball some decades into the 20th Century. The first Japanese professional baseball efforts began in 1920. The current Japanese leagues date from the late 1940s. Various Latin American leagues also formed around that time.

By the 1990s, baseball was played at a highly skilled level in many countries, resulting in a strong international flavor to the Series, as many of the best players from the Pacific Rim, Latin America, the Caribbean, and elsewhere now play on Major League rosters. The notable exception is Cuban nationals, due to the political situation between the USA and Cuba (despite that barrier, over the years a number of Cuba's finest ballplayers have defected to the United States to play in the American professional leagues). Players from the Japanese Leagues also have a more difficult time coming to the Major Leagues because they must first play 10 years in Japan before becoming free agents.

Early in 2006, Major League Baseball conducted the inaugural World Baseball Classic, to establish a "true" world's championship in the way the term is normally used for other international sports. Teams of professional players from 16 nations participated, and Japan won the first World Baseball Classic championship. Olympic baseball was instituted as a medal sport in 1992, but in 2005 the International Olympic Committee voted to eliminate baseball, and it will be off the Olympic program in 2012.

2006-11-28 20:00:42 · answer #5 · answered by a m 4 · 0 2

Because the best players in the world play in the Major Leagues in the USA. Only USA and Canadian teams play in it but since 40% of these teams are foreign born players, it represents the finest players in the world. Someone mentioned the World Championships and how badly the USA did. A couple of things:
Many American players chose not to participate and of the teams that played, many players were based in Major League teams.

2006-11-28 21:26:19 · answer #6 · answered by iwasnotanazipolka 7 · 1 0

Because we have been playing professional ball and calling it the world series long before cable, satellite, and internet

2006-11-28 20:55:50 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0 0

I've asked that question for decades. Watching a World Series featuring teams from Cuba and Japan would be much more exciting and unpredictable.

2006-11-28 20:00:40 · answer #8 · answered by sochiswim 4 · 0 2

i'm sure it's because it was originally sponsored by a company with the name "World" in their name and the name stuck. i don't think it's a claim to be a competition where any team in the world can compete.

2006-11-28 20:04:35 · answer #9 · answered by Hull Rugby League Football Club 3 · 1 0

it combines the two best teams in the WORLD

plus, the players are the best from all over the WORLD

2006-11-29 08:51:59 · answer #10 · answered by Jeremy 4 · 0 0

Because Japan plays in it too.

2006-11-28 19:59:54 · answer #11 · answered by keith 2 · 0 1

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