recently found out its called the world series after an old newspaper call the world which was the original sponsor - still, they really should change it!

I am an American born and raised and I used to wonder the same thing. Why is it called "The World Series" if it doesn't involve teams from other countries. Then I found out why and understood. But that doesn't mean that I nor anyone else I know (and I know a s**t ton of folks) believe that the USA is the entire world. I do find it fascinating tho that folks from Britain or any other country think that we think that of ourselves.

They have to call it the World Series because it's so damn boring they have to make it sound exciting. My lacrosse coach during practice "if you want to stand around, go play baseball"

Way to totally discard Canada... :) And we are the best in the world at baseball... :)

'scuse me! 'scuse me!!! The US is NOT the only country to compete. That jewel of the Commonwealth, Oh, Canada, also competes. HRUMPH

Canada is a separate country, you know. And Mexico's coming soon...

To the people who think the World Series was named after a newspaper, that is FALSE. It's an old wives tale. To the people who bristle about us calling the World Series "world" by all means put together a team and challenge the World Series baseball champion team. The after they beat the living c**p out of your team, will you allow us to call it a World Series?

The World Series was named by the World Series newspaper/magazine, it just stuck....a lot of the players are not from the United States but are from all over the baseball playing world, and since when is Canada ( which has the Blue Jays in Toronto ) a U.S. based team? What's more to the point is the NFL which puts "world champions" on their rings.....now the NFL is entirely within the U,S, and is the only country that plays American football.....a better analogy than baseball which is played in Canada, Australia, Japan, Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico, to name a few, eh?!

Because there are Canadian teams in Major League Baseball

How many professional British baseball teams are there?

Other countries are welcome to come in and try their hand. I don't have high hopes for them.

We are. Y'all are just tag-a-longs on our journey!

As far as I remember, The Toronto Blue Jays and the Montreál Expo's also play - making it more than the USA... But I haven't lived in Canada for nearly 30 years

Technically, it's not only US teams in the MLB. Canada has at least one team, that I know of.

Not true. We deemed Toronto and Montreal worthy enough to compete. Of course, we changed our minds about Montreal.

Two words: Toronto Bluejays

You've forgotten about the Toronto Blue Jays.

C'mon now, you're forgetting the token Canadian team!

"If I'm standing on it, it's America."-U.S. Marine

Technically, it's not just the U.S. The Toronto Blue Jays have been in (and won) the World Series twice. But I get your point.

It's not only teams from the US who compete....just so you know

Soccer is actually a British term, originally. In the late 19th and early 20th century, there was an effort to try to establish a single set of rules for football, but there were so many variations, that they had to be divided into two groups. One was Association Football, called 'Soc football, for short: that word became "Soccer". Both words were used interchangeably, for years, but when footie became popular in America, there was already a popular sport, based looselyon the OTHER form of football, as popularised at the rugby School. So in the U.S., rugby became the dominant form, and in Britain, Soc football became the dominant form, and in each country, the popular form was called football, while the lesser form took on the alternate name. As to rounders/baseball, they're not the same game: they, and cricket, developed as separate branches of a game often known as "base".

Ugh dude I never got past your Cereal comment.. Lmao Kellog is An AMERICAN CEREAL COMPANY.. so you Guys are the ones who changed the names of cereals lmao!

Sean - It's called football because you kick the fekking ball with your fekking foot. Your "football" is rugby for scared boys that need full body armour!

Just a PSA. If you are ever in the Southeastern USA, never ever call someone a yank. It is the quickest way to make an enemy or have someone give you a nasty stare. I can't stand that word. We aren't Yanks in the South. Northerners are the Yankees.

Mate Kellogs is an american company. Always has been

Your Hoe seems to need a pee!

Oh so that's where all the garbage cereals come from...