Why is the World Series called that when nonone outside the 50 states gives a ***** ? Roll on the  WORLD Cup !
368672
It was a tournament previously sponsored by a newspaper called the New York World or the World Times or some sh!t like that. The name stuck. \n\nBut Americans are so daft they probably reckon that it does refer to the whole of the planet. \n\nAs for the world cup, I'll be supporting Sweden, Trinidad & Tobago and Paraguay.
1159674
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.
61598
Um, last time I checked...  The world cup was for soccer.  And I don't think that the Red Sox play soccer.  If you mean the world series...  Then problably.  But what do I know?  I hate baseball.  It's America's slowest sport, also known as the only sport you can play in a coma.
1175379
There were rumors that the NY World newspaper back in the 1800s coined it as thus. \n\nhttp://www.snopes.com/business/names/worldseries.asp\n\nIt just morphed into that from the start. I wouldn't worry about it as back in the 1940s even when Wolves beat the touring Moscow Dynamo, the headlines declared that team soccer champions of the world. It's just hyperbole that is based in a pre-Internet past where the world was something that existed mainly on any nation's shores and no one grasped the global nature of sports yet. \n\nThe winner of the World Series would be the de facto best club team in baseball in most fans' opinion. Whenever MLB All-Star teams or even club teams tour Japan, they win the series (only lost one series I believe) and these are exhibition series not really taken seriously by MLBers.
223970
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.
1028569
I agree with most of the people.  You suck!  \n\nHow can you say that soccer sucks??  Its played in the entire world unlike baseball, football and basketball calling themselves world champions when they only beat teams in the same country.  Take Argentina for example, they beat the crap out of the U. S in the Olympics.
1179486
I don't think the country is being converted, and frankly don't think it will ever be popular than the major American sports. That being said it's popularity has indeed grown lately. ESPN is playing most of the World Cup matches, and the national sports news reports on the scores from the matches. It was not this way a few years ago, so it is gaining at least some popularity.
1110229
It is the greatest sport on Earth. The US is slowly but surely becoming accustomed to the sport. I have been looking forward to this World Cup for a long time.
1067832
The Classic will NEVER become more popular than the World Cup.\n\nSoccer is the world's sport, baseball is America's.
1055703
its cuz we are amreicans, we always do things that the rest of the world does in reverse. We dont use the metric system, the rest of the world does, we dont call your football football, we call it soccer, its just the way we are.
1103645
Funny that DNCTERRORISTORG calls it a loser sport,Americans always say somethings for losers when they aren't any good at it... World Series my foot,there's only one country involved in that loser baseball competition,a sport that  where i come from is a childrens game called rounders... Learn to play a real game you big bunch of girls,even American football is a rip off of rugby and you girls added padding... Losers
1026301
is someone crying???\n\npoor USA, although they never had a chance in hell of getting out of that group, but for some reason the fans actually believed they could do it.....hahaha\n\nstick to hockey......wait you can't win that either.\nstick to basketball....wait thats not it either.\nstick to baseball......wait thats not it.\nstick to american football......your the best in the world at that because no one else plays....congrats.
1178724
I'm with ya einny...i don't get it either...oh well..this world cup stuff will be over soon and once again we Americans can forget we even have a team\nlol\n:-)
1143815
why does it say chicago in the front of the name, there is no other team in this city. as far as i am concerned there is only the cubbies and the world series got cancelled last year. shame thats 2 cancelled world series in the last 11 years. \n\n(can u tell I am a cubs fan)
744937
You got it wrong. Haters have trouble understanding what is meant there.. It's just figurative, like seeing a child out playing ball and you call his another Hank Aaron...  You need yo unwind...  Jim
462559
It IS one of America's favorite sports.\n\nPlease note that America, as the proper name of a country, needs to be capitalized.  Also note that "favorite" has a preferred spelling, and that questions always end in a question mark, even though you ended yours with a period (Y!A supplied the question mark).
1130804
Nope.  Soccer doesn't fit in with the American mindset.  First of all, soccer is nationalistic, and the U.S. isn't.  We like to divide up and go at each other, not unite as one big team to play other countries.  Second, we're an insular nation.  Since the overwhelming number of Americans wouldn't be able to find a single World Cup participant on a map, it's unlikely they would enjoy the competition.  The rest of the world is a mystery to us.  Third, the U.S. has developed an "MTV/ADD" mindset.  Soccer is too slow for us to pay attention.  All sad, but all true.