for all you yanks!how many countries are actually in the "World Series"?
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I'm not 100% sure of the total, but I know that only the important countries are included.  No wanker countries allowed.
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Either USA or Dominican Republic. Big Papi is cranking homers like nothing.
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You see the Soxs fans have problems! We all know that the Yankees are the better team. The Soxs fan just don't want to admit it because before the 2004 World Series the Soxs didn't win a WS title for over 80 years! So the soxs fans are just dreaming. The season had just began. The Yanks will clobber the soxs. Then the soxs fan will go crying home just like they always do. The soxs have won like what 3 or 4 WS titles? The Yanks have won 26 WS titles. They will make that 27 WS titles at the end of this season. So who is the better team now? It's clearly the Yankees. But you soxs fans are going to keep denying it just like always!So you soxs fan can kiss that WS ring good bye!!!!   \nGO YANKEES!!!!!!
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Seven.  \n\nEngland, France, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, and Uraguay.
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•1. New York Yankees, 26: 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000. \n•2. St. Louis Cardinals, 9: 1926, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1982. \n•3. Oakland Athletics, 9: 1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, 1931, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1989. The first five were won as the Philadelphia Athletics. The A's also won the 1902 AL pennant, but did not have the chance to play the NL Champion Pittsburgh Pirates for the World Championship. The A's lead all AL West teams. \n•4. Boston Red Sox, 6: 1903 (the first World Series), 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004. A 7th can be counted, since the Red Sox won the 1904 AL pennant, but the NL Champion New York Giants refused to play in a World Series, though MLB does not recognize this as a forfeit win by the Red Sox. \n•5. Los Angeles Dodgers, 6: 1955 (as Brooklyn Dodgers), 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988. The Dodgers also won NL pennants, and, theoretically, world championships in 1890, 1899 and 1900. The Dodgers lead all NL West teams. \n•6. Cincinnati Reds, 5: 1919, 1940, 1975, 1976, 1990. \n•7. Pittsburgh Pirates, 5: 1909, 1925, 1960, 1971, 1979. Also won NL pennants in 1901 and 1902, but did not play the AL champions for the World Championship. Closest call since: 3 NL Division Championships, 1990, 1991, 1992 (in East, now in Central). \n•8. San Francisco Giants, 5: 1905, 1921, 1922, 1933, 1954. (All as New York Giants. The Giants also won NL pennants, and, theoretically, world championships in 1888 and 1889. Have not won since moving to San Francisco for 1958 season. Closest call: 3 NL pennants, 1962, 1989, 2002.) \n•9. Detroit Tigers, 4: 1935, 1945, 1968, 1984. The Tigers lead all AL Central teams. \n•10. Chicago White Sox, 3: 1906, 1917, 2005. The White Sox also won the first AL pennant in 1901, but did not have the chance to play the NL Champion Pittsburgh Pirates for the World Championship. \n•11. Baltimore Orioles, 3: 1966, 1970, 1983. \n•12. Minnesota Twins, 3: 1924 (as Washington Senators), 1987, 1991. \n•13. Atlanta Braves, 3: 1914 (as Boston Braves), 1957 (as Milwaukee Braves), 1995. \n•14. Florida Marlins, 2: 1997, 2003. Despite having only been in the NL East since 1994, the Braves lead all teams in that Division. \n•15. Toronto Blue Jays, 2: 1992, 1993. The Jays are the only team from outside the United States to win a pennant, let alone a World Series. \n•16. New York Mets, 2: 1969, 1986. \n•17. Cleveland Indians, 2: 1920, 1948. Closest call since: 3 AL pennants, 1954, 1995, 1997. \n•18. Chicago Cubs, 2: 1907, 1908. Also, under their former name of Chicago White Stockings, won NL pennants and, theoretically, world championships in 1876, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1885 and 1886, though in 1885 and 1886 lost to the American Association team that became known as the St. Louis Cardinals. Drought since 1908 is longest in major league sports history. Closest call since: 7 NL pennants, 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1945; 3 NL Division Titles, 1984, 1989 (in NL East), 2003 (in NL Central). \n•19. Anaheim Angels, 1: 2002. \n•20. Arizona Diamondbacks, 1: 2001. \n•21. Kansas City Royals, 1: 1985. \n•22. Philadelphia Phillies, 1: 1980. Won first World Series in 98th season of play, a record. Also was the last of the 16 franchises in existence when the World Series began in 1903 to have won one. \n•23. San Diego Padres, None: 2 NL pennants, 1984, 1998. \n•24. Houston Astros, None: 1 NL pennant, 2005. \n•25. Milwaukee Brewers, None: 1 AL pennant, 1982 (moved to NL 1998). \n•26. Texas Rangers, None: 3 AL West Championships, 1996, 1998, 1999. Also led Division when strike called off remainder of 1994 season, so are ranked ahead of Mariners here. \n•27. Seattle Mariners, None: 3 AL West Championships, 1995, 1997, 2001. \n•28. Colorado Rockies, None: 1 Playoff berth, 1995 NL Wild Card. \n•29. Washington Nationals, None: 1 Division Tit
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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.\n\nThe 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".\n\nThe 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.\n\nBy 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.\n\nEarly 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.
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They just announced during the game that it is available to 61 millions homes in the US.\n\nThat's the vast majority of them.\n\nIt's also shown in Europe (North American Sports Network), South America, and the Middle East for the Canadian troops in Afghanistan.
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(m)\n\nUp to date, there have been 17 World Cups, but only seven countries have won the trophy. Brazil has won it five times, but ironically, never in their home country.
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Only Major League Baseball teams can partake of The World Series.\n\nCurrently that would be AMERICA and canada
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no one. the new york yankees world series team consisted of: Hank Bauer, Yogi Berra, Tommy Byrne, Andy Carey, Jerry Coleman, Joe Collins, Art Ditmar, Whitey Ford, Bob Grim, Elston Howard, Tony Kubek, Johnny Kucks, Don Larsen, Jerry Lumpe, Mickey Mantle, Gil McDougald, Bobby Richardson, Bobby Shantz, Harry Simpson, Bill Skowron, Enos Slaughter, Tom Sturdivant, and Bob Turley.  More stats can be provided at the websites below.
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We lost because we don't have the talent that the other countries have. As to stop calling it the "World" Series I should mention that the best players in the world play MLB even though they're not from the US. The World Series does in fact imply the "World" because of the diversity of players in MLB, even though it's played only in North America.
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Yankees. 27 World Series Championships. Mantle, Ruth, Dimaggio, Jeter, A-Rod, Yogi... can't beat their history.
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It is the worlds greatest game, every cournty every nation.\nUnlike in the US. where the Baseball World series is between the US and the US minus the world.\n\nGOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!
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You answered your own question, dude. Germany would be the place to be. You get to go sightseeing...in Europe...and you get to enjoy the fever pitch of some of the most adoring fans in any sport. I love baseball too. But the WBC isn't exactly the insanity that is the World Cup.
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The Yankees have the advantage in the all-time series with a record of 1,060-879 (.547) through the 2005 season. The Yankees also hold lopsided advantages in World Series Championships (26 to 6) and American League pennants (39 to 11). In the playoffs the clubs have squared off three times, the Yankees winning two times, and the Red Sox once.
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the new york yankees have to be the most popular / famous baseball team in the world followed by the LA Dodgers. With the number of top players and world series appearances and being in the two largest media markets, I can't imagine how any other team would be better known around the world.
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USA has most with 7 titles, followed by Puerto Rico and Venezuela with 4 each