World Series Champion Giants :)

bigmck said:

Kirsch said:

BrightBlessings said:

Genuine question
Why is it called the world series when it is only american teams that are competing?

Genuine answer.. All of the best players in the world play in the MLB. Think about it, scouts go all over to recruit players (hence our Japanese players, Dominican Republic players, etc). If you fill the league with the best players from around the world, I don't see a problem calling it the world series.

There also have been quite a few American players that were just average and went to Japan and did quite well. This would also indicate the level of play in Japan was lower than the US.

The World Series champion team usually travels to Japan and plays Japan's best team. The results are nearly always the same; the American team wins.

BrightBlessings said:

Genuine question
Why is it called the world series when it is only american teams that are competing?

That is a question I've long wondered since I was a child. It seems to me that there should be a tourney similar to what the World Cup is. Is it really an "American" game when 3/4 of the players in the MLB are non-American?

mpcrsc562 said:

BrightBlessings said:

Genuine question
Why is it called the world series when it is only american teams that are competing?

That is a question I've long wondered since I was a child. It seems to me that there should be a tourney similar to what the World Cup is. Is it really an "American" game when 3/4 of the players in the MLB are non-American?

They do have the World Baseball Classic now, which is country against country. It has alot of flaws in it though. It is held during spring training and the players are not really in shape. How they decide which country a player can play for is really messed up. For example, if a player was born in the US but one of his parents is from Italy, he can chose to play for Italy. How messed up is that?

mpcrsc562 said:

Is it really an "American" game when 3/4 of the players in the MLB are non-American?

You just backed up my argument for it being called the "World Series" better than I could have done myself, intentionally or unintentionally.

I thank you for that

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Sorry, I just couldn't root for the team that knocked my Padres out of the playoffs on the last game of the season. Congrats, but I dislike the Giants more than I do the Dodgers now.

Kirsch said:

Okay, time for my Cubbies to win next year

Not before my Jay's...LOLOL

Kirsch said:

mpcrsc562 said:

Is it really an "American" game when 3/4 of the players in the MLB are non-American?

You just backed up my argument for it being called the "World Series" better than I could have done myself, intentionally or unintentionally.

I thank you for that

The big team sports of America have gone multi-national.

MLB, NBA, NFL all need have some part in implementing a true "world" league for their respective sports. With a world league, there would be a world play-off and then there can be a true "World Champion."

Baseball is in the best position to make it happen first.

BrightBlessings said:

Genuine question
Why is it called the world series when it is only american teams that are competing?

Although American baseball had Euro-Russo origins:
Origins of baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It seems the Americans were a bit more organized, and were able to field professional teams before anyone else could, thus the claim of "The World Series"

The modern World Series (like its predecessor series waged between National League and American Association teams from 1884-1890) was so named not because of any affiliation with a corporate sponsor, but because the winner was considered the "world's champion" — the title was therefore simply a shortened form of the phrase "world's championship series."

From: snopes.com: World Series origins

World Series Champion Giants...that will never get old

A Guy