Why baseball championship in USA called WORLD SERIES?
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The best players from countries all over the in the world play on US teams. \n\nAlso do not forget, the name World seies came about 100 years or so ago. At that time, there was little question that the best baseball in the world was played in the US. It is just a name, I weould not get that worked up over it.
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Right now the only nation that can really compete is Japan. In Japan, players must play 8 years with their team before they can be free agents and sign in the U.S. This rule keeps their league strong, and in tact. We saw how good their players are in the World Baseball Classic and I agree, you cannot call it a "World" Series if you do not include Japan and at least the Cuban champ. \n\nThe Dominican, Venezuelan, Puerto Rican, and Mexican leagues all have major and minor league players, and are considered Winter Leagues, or essentially a head start on the Spring Training.
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National Championships (5): 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000\n\nCollege World Series Appearances (13): 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004\n\nSEC Championships (13): 1939, 1943, 1946, 1961, 1975, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003
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Good question. It probably should be called the MLB Championships, but that will never happen!
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While it is probably a mis nomer given it is not a world competition.  Due to the quality of the leagues and the $$.  The best players from around the world (Though in the NFL most are still from the US) play in those leagues.    MLB and the NBA are now very much international leagues with players from all over the world.\n\nAlso as a clarification I don't think I have ever heard the NHL champions declared the world champions.  They are call the Stanely Cup Champions after the trophy which is named for Lord Stanley.
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I have no idea why we call it the World Series, but we do!!\n\nJust like we call the winner of the Super Bowl, World Champs, it's not right...who knows why we call things the things we do!\n\nAnd, whoa, what's with all the anti-American statements, what did we ever do to any of you guys?  Nothing!  And I KNOW THERE IS A WORLD BEYOND THE USA.............you people with your anti-American statements are idiots!!
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Well, I agree with the playoff teams, but I don't see either of those teams in the "World" Series. It's a rematch of the 1968 "World" Series. St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers.
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Not in this Lifetime. \n\nThe Red Sox can wait another century for a World Series title.
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The old American League Washington team was called both the Nationals and the Senators at various times in their history.  Even when they were the Senators, newspaper vernacular referred to them as the "Nats" in their headlines in the same way that the Red Sox are called the Bosox and the Yankees are called the Yanks.  Being an old time baseball traditionalist, I don't mind the Nationals being called that.  In fact, it makes more sense now that they are in the National League.
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because the united states has real sports
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They didn't. They played in the League Championship Series. After the Red Sox beat the Yankees in the LCS, they played (and beat) the Cardinals in the World Series. But the media downplayed the World Series because the LCS was so dramatic, in their eyes.
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First of all it is NOT a tournament.\n\nSecond, The Championship of Baseball has ALWAYS been called The World Series since it's inception in 1903.\n\nThat is the way it has ALWAYS been, and will ALWAYS be.
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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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Tell me you people are joking  !!!!   You really have no idea do you ?????   Of course baseball is played in Europe.  Are you seriously comparing baseball to cricket ??\nBaseball is played in England, Holland, Belgium, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Sweeden, Greece, Croatia, Ukraine, and Russia.\nI guess most of you are Americans, wake up guys !!! there is somewhere called  " THE  REST  OF  THE  WORLD"    You really need learn that there are countries in the world other than the good old USA !!!!!
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its because their sports are so boring (baseball American football) that nobody else in the world play them so they call it the world series to make it sound better and the winning team can say its the best in the world which i suppose they are cause no one else plays them
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The World Baseball Classic is an international baseball tournament, featuring Major League players, to be first held in March 2006 then in 2009, and then every four years thereafter. It is the first international baseball tournament to feature major-league players; the Summer Olympics regularly features college and minor-league players, since it conflicts with the MLB season, and the World Cup of Baseball historically has not had major leaguers either.\n\nThe first World Baseball Classic will feature 16 teams in a round-robin style tournament. Each team will play the other three teams in their pool once. The top two teams move onto the second round, where the top two teams of Pools A and B (Pool one) as well as Pools C and D (Pool two) will compete against each other in the same format. the top two teams from each pool will enter a four-team single elimination bracket, with the Pool champions and runner-up's facing each other in the semi-finals. The winners of those games will play each other to determine a champion. The following draw is accurate as of January 22, 2006.\n\n[edit]\nPool A\n China \n Japan \n South Korea \n Taiwan \n[edit]\nPool B\n Canada \n Mexico \n South Africa \n United States \n[edit]\nPool C\n Cuba \n The Netherlands \n Panama \n Puerto Rico \n[edit]\nPool D\n Australia \n Dominican Republic \n Italy \n Venezuela
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Baseball has its origins from Cricket. Baseball was infact first belived to be played in Boston outside a regular cricket grounds. While the lucky few who managed to get into the cricket team played cricket, those who could not invented this new game and played it outside the cricket grounds.\n\nI would tend to say that cricket is the more popular game worldwide. However, in the United States Baseball is probably the most popular game along with American Football.