Wackiest headline of the year?

taipan wrote:

tac wrote:

Batfink Begins wrote:

mynah wrote:
How many countries are participating?
How often is the final played on another continent?
How many winners have come from outside the US?
How many Americans know that where is a world beyond their borders?

The newspaper "The World" sponsored it in it's early stages - hence the World Series.

But most Yankee fat-heads probably don't know that either and probably think the whole world plays baseball, but just aren't good enough to compete.

Actually, that's not true, Batstink. It was referred to as the World's Championship Series initially becasue no other country played it at that time. The winner would, by default, be champions of the world.

Sorry tac, do you have a reference for that?

I have always heard it the same way as BB

It was on a 9-part series on the history of baseball I saw a couple of years ago.

tac wrote:

taipan wrote:

tac wrote:

Batfink Begins wrote:

mynah wrote:
How many countries are participating?
How often is the final played on another continent?
How many winners have come from outside the US?
How many Americans know that where is a world beyond their borders?

The newspaper "The World" sponsored it in it's early stages - hence the World Series.

But most Yankee fat-heads probably don't know that either and probably think the whole world plays baseball, but just aren't good enough to compete.

Actually, that's not true, Batstink. It was referred to as the World's Championship Series initially becasue no other country played it at that time. The winner would, by default, be champions of the world.

Sorry tac, do you have a reference for that?

I have always heard it the same way as BB

It was on a 9-part series on the history of baseball I saw a couple of years ago.

The Snopes Urban Legends website have a story on this.

http://www.snopes.com/business/names/worldseries.asp

Thanks for the link. You could excuse the Yanks, considering that many of them only discovered in 2001 that there is quite a bit of world beyond their borders.

tac wrote:
Actually, that's not true, Batstink. It was referred to as the World's Championship Series initially becasue no other country played it at that time. The winner would, by default, be champions of the world.

Geelong Football Club - World Champions.

Yeah, just feel more sorry for them that they can't excel in proper world games of sport and needed the 'props'.

Batfink Begins wrote:Yeah, just feel more sorry for them that they can't excel in proper world games of sport and needed the 'props'.

Odd, now that you mention it - I can't think of any sport in which the US has come up with a great national team (not counting those just put together for the Olympics).

None really. Boxing, Athletics and Golf are the only three world sports where they consistantly do well and considering their Ryder Cup team has gone downhill, I'm not sure they're counted of recent years. Considering the money they pour into every single sport, it's a bit of a sham.

They certainly have good sportsmen/women... but no truly good national teams. I guess the size of the country is a factor in getting players together.

JGK wrote:

tac wrote:
Actually, that's not true, Batstink. It was referred to as the World's Championship Series initially becasue no other country played it at that time. The winner would, by default, be champions of the world.

Geelong Football Club - World Champions.

I like the way you think.

lardbucket wrote:

JGK wrote:

tac wrote:
Actually, that's not true, Batstink. It was referred to as the World's Championship Series initially becasue no other country played it at that time. The winner would, by default, be champions of the world.

Geelong Football Club - World Champions.

I like the way you think.