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Hmmm....maybe my card says Ripkin - I bet that'd be worth something, right?
Probably.
Hmmm....maybe my card says Ripkin - I bet that'd be worth something, right?
One school of thought is that when the modern series began in 1903, it was sponsored by the New York World newspaper, and the name stuck over time.
However, even before 1903, the championship series between the winners of the National League and the American League was referred to as the World's Championship because the sport's powers that be planned to expand it globally.
"By 1890, the Spalding Guide was explaining that "[t]he base ball championship of the United States necessarily includes that of the entire world, though the time will come when Australia will step in as a rival, and after that country will come Great Britain; but all that is for the future."
But that didn't happen, did it? Global expansion of the "world series". It is still held in the US and an American team (with some foreign players) wins it every time.
Except for the two times Canada won.
My bad. So... US + Canada = World. Is it?
My bad. So... US + Canada = World. Is it?
Except for the two times Canada won.
Okay. Calling your newspaper New York World itself reeks of the same problem: treating a national entity as if it applies to the whole world. But anyway, I won't get into that argument. I'll just say that it is weak if they named it World Series after that, and never bothered to change it.
Did I say that? Or am I just correcting you? Cos you keep insisting that an American team wins every time, but they don't. So, if you are gonna argue, and be wrong, be gracious when corrected, and don't take my comment out of context, please.
lol. You have got to be kidding me! Okay I was wrong about an American team winning every single time. There is Canada too. But how does that justify the main point of this argument that a national tournament be called as world series??? You are just looking for ways to nitpick now and sweeping the main argument under the carpet.
Btw, apparently it was not named after New York World newspaper.
snopes.com: World Series
And also:
WikiAnswers - Why is the baseball championship called the world series
Anyway, it seems to be up in the air. One man's opinion against another. A "Who's penis is bigger?" thing.
"Who's penis is bigger?" thing.
If you don't like America, you can gggggiiiiiiitttttt out.
I am not involved in your World Series argument, Zoots. I'll let you make an ass out yourself on your own.
But, you're missing my point, if you think that's a nitpick.
You're making arguments and trying to present facts about baseball, but, you're presenting incorrect facts. That deserves to be pointed out. I'm sorry if your inexplicable hatred of American sports blinds you to this, but that is the case. You have said a few erroneous things in your statements re: baseball, so, I just pointed out the one. It's hard to make convincing arguments when you don't know what you're talking about.
I think you may have reading comprehension problems, no offense. Go back and read what I wrote and I basically stated that it "seems to be up in the air", as you say.
I already did. What more do you want?
So you are not going to explicitly state your opinion about why the world series is called so, but you're still going to conveniently stand on the sidelines and state that I am making an ass of myself just for questioning something related to American Sports, something which is no doubt close to your heart. Wonderful!
Also, I don't hate American sports. I question the validity of certain things like calling an american version of 'what looks like rugby' as football.. or calling a national tournament as world series.. etc. I have no problem with the sports themselves.
And pointing out a mistake like that when it does not contribute anything to the main argument is frankly completely unnecessary and only creates diversions to the main topic.
Zoots - I'm not a non-American, but for what it's worth I think baseball is boring as hell, and American Football, aka, Handegg is god-awful.
Zoots - I'm not a non-American, but for what it's worth I think baseball is boring as hell, and American Football, aka, Handegg is god-awful.
But you're also a douchebag, so that has to be factored in.
I don't even know why I like you sometimes.
But you're also a douchebag, so that has to be factored in.
But so are you, so that won't work.
In all my years on interference, I have never said one bad word about you. Only the Red Sox, but that's reciprocated. So, this personal attack comes a complete shock. I.....I don't know what to do or say.
Et tu, Phanan?