If it is an All New York "World" Series
will they call it the Subway Series again, or The Oaktown Reunion? Five of last year's Oakland A's are now playing for the Yanks and Mets.
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justanothername · 51-55, M
It’s called “The World Series” because it was originally sponsored by The World news paper. I’m pretty sure they haven’t existed for many years but the name of the baseball series continues.
SW-User
how can it be a world series
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SW-User
@fortycreek i guess so
dancingtongue · 80-89, M
@fortycreek @SW-User [quote] it was originally started by a newspaper called the the world[/quote]
Not true. The term World Series actually predates the formation of the American League. The National League champion and the old American Association champions began playing post-season exhibition series of games in the early 1880s. The National League refused to recognize the American Association as a "major" league, so they considered them only barnstorming exhibition games for additional revenue. American Association teams liked to tweak the National League's elitism by billing them as being a series for the World Championship, ergo World Series. In the early 1880s baseball only was beginning to make en roads into Latin America and Canada, and nowhere else, and the National League and American Association were clearly the highest caliber of play in the U.S. So the terminology was not so far fetched or isolationist at the time. When the new American League was formed in 1901 and begrudgingly acknowledged as an equal "major league" to stop the raiding of players between the two leagues, a post-season championship series of games between the two leagues was started in 1903. Baseball, being heavy on tradition, fell back on the old terminology of World Series although argumentatively there already were some teams in Mexico, Canada, Cuba that probably would have been competitive.
The New York World newspaper did a lot of historic things, including publishing the first daily crossword puzzle, being one of the originators of yellow journalism, and making enough money for Pulitzer to fund his journalism prizes that last to this day. But it never played a role in creating the World Series, funding a trophy, or any of that.
Not true. The term World Series actually predates the formation of the American League. The National League champion and the old American Association champions began playing post-season exhibition series of games in the early 1880s. The National League refused to recognize the American Association as a "major" league, so they considered them only barnstorming exhibition games for additional revenue. American Association teams liked to tweak the National League's elitism by billing them as being a series for the World Championship, ergo World Series. In the early 1880s baseball only was beginning to make en roads into Latin America and Canada, and nowhere else, and the National League and American Association were clearly the highest caliber of play in the U.S. So the terminology was not so far fetched or isolationist at the time. When the new American League was formed in 1901 and begrudgingly acknowledged as an equal "major league" to stop the raiding of players between the two leagues, a post-season championship series of games between the two leagues was started in 1903. Baseball, being heavy on tradition, fell back on the old terminology of World Series although argumentatively there already were some teams in Mexico, Canada, Cuba that probably would have been competitive.
The New York World newspaper did a lot of historic things, including publishing the first daily crossword puzzle, being one of the originators of yellow journalism, and making enough money for Pulitzer to fund his journalism prizes that last to this day. But it never played a role in creating the World Series, funding a trophy, or any of that.
justanothername · 51-55, M
@dancingtongue wow, thanks for explaining that.
SW-User
I see the dodgers winning the World Series. The team is more complete than anyone in baseball .
meJess · F
Does this World Series include other countries?
dancingtongue · 80-89, M
@meJess Why World is in quotes. Certainly there are players from 3 or 4 continents playing on the teams, but the teams will be from two countries at most. The World Baseball Classic, the World Cup of baseball, is next year and a couple of the preliminary qualifying rounds are in September in Berlin and Asia.
The admittedly unfortunate terminology is bombastic hyperbole from the beginning of the 20th Century and difficult to shed. But then is the Super Bowl ever really Super, and how many remember it's origins as a mocking comparison to super balls, which was a toy fad at the time?
The admittedly unfortunate terminology is bombastic hyperbole from the beginning of the 20th Century and difficult to shed. But then is the Super Bowl ever really Super, and how many remember it's origins as a mocking comparison to super balls, which was a toy fad at the time?
DCarey · 46-50, M
The World Champion Atlanta Braves will repeat.