I think the right name for this sport should be something like "american rugby" or "american handball".
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because they think with there feet
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No not just the USA. It is known as Soccer in Australia also as we have other games that are coded as football. Although football is the correct term, I don't get all caught up in that. It's not meant offensively to the game, it's just a cultural thing.
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Well American football wears pads and rugby they only wear helmets. They both have footballs also called (Pig skins). But rugby kicks the ball and throw it to there players to score but Americans Throw it too there players until they can score
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i'll agree with you, soccer and tennis, though i like field hockey too... i guess u can say it's similar to soccer.
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Yeah, it would be refreshing to see the U.S. play The Ivory Coast , or Poland in baseball. You want to watch the "WORLD SERIES", something that means something, wait till the Little Leaguers square off. Then you will see base played like it was meant to be played....between players who play for the fun of it.
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baseball its americas past time ...then football
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Lacrosse is a fast-paced team sport played by two teams of ten players for men or twelve players for women each who use netted sticks (called the cross) in order to pass and catch a rubber ball with the aim of scoring goals by propelling the ball into the opponent's goal. Popular mostly in North America, lacrosse is the continent's oldest sport and the fastest growing sport at all levels – youth, high school, college, and professional. Lacrosse is especially popular in the northeastern part of the US and is Canada's national summer sport. It is expanding westward, with burgeoning lacrosse communities in Colorado, California, Florida and Texas.
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The way I see it, like for example basketball, baseball, they originated in America, and when they started holding tournaments, no other country in the world was doing it, so, I guess they decided to call it world, even if it only had local participation.
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I agree that other countries are pretty much on the same level as the United States when it comes to baseball.  I don't think it's embarrassing at all.  It's just the normal evolution of the game world wide.  It had to happen one day.  Just look at basketball, another American game.  We don't dominate basketball either on the world circuit anymore.  There are great athletes all over the world in all sports.  One day I'd like to see a real world series.  The champions from all the leagues across the world play in a world championship tournament and crown a real "World Champion."
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I think is should be considered a sport.  reason: it is more of a challenge than people think.  Trying to avoid getting hit ( and believe me i have been hit too close to a place too many times) and trying to hit another person is very hard.  also it provides an adrenaline rush.  sure it is expensive but not where most people think it is.  most people think it is the gun when it is actually the paint.  in fact i think it should be added to the Olympics because there are teams all over the world that play the sport.  also a little history to show how fast it has grown.  it started in New Hampshire with just twelve people in 1980  a few years later there were companies investing in the sport now theres millions of players nd hundreds of companies.  its another great american sport.  thats why i consider it a sport
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they should let guys play volleyball and have guy teams
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American football is something like rugby. In fact I wonder why they even call it football since they kick the ball very rarely. I personally find it very boring, most of the time the players just sit there waiting for the game to start again.
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You need to play more sports
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Australian Rules Football.\nNo it isn't Rugby.\nNo it isn't Soccer.\nNo it isn't Gridiron.\nImagine all threee being played at once by crack addicts? Thats it!!!!
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All of them are American but my favorite is Baseball. Anyone can learn the rules and play. With the others it is too expensive for most to participate.
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I think it's misrepresented because of its isolation from other continents. Sports are pretty international, but not current science or art really.
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No, the sport has spread enough that the USA would be slaughtered by a team of World All Stars.  The World Baseball Classic is different because each nation has some players but to consolidate them all against the USA wouldn't work so lets stick to NL vs AL.  I don't care for the homefield in the WS stipulation though.  The team with the best record should have homefield with the exception of a Division winner vs the Wild Card the division winner should always have homefield.