Marketing. "World Series" sounds better. Plus also it's self important. And subtly dismissive of the rest of the world. ;)
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 5:30 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am not 100% certain, but I think back when the championship series > got its name, the US was the only country playing the game. > > On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 1:06 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Why is it called the World Series when there is only one team from > > outside the United States in the whole league? > > > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Why is the trophy for the World Cup not a cup, or even a reasonable > >> facsimile thereof? > >> > >> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> there is nothing like the feeling of hitting the upper right corner > from > >>> about 30yrds out, and running back > >>> to your teammates... NOTHING. > >>> > >>> i played for well over 18 years, and to this day, no other sport > compares... > >>> not even golf. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> The only cure for that attitude is one thing: Play footie for a year > or > >>>> two. > >>>> The reason it's so popular everywhere in the world is because everyone > >>>> plays > >>>> it. Once you've tried to strike on a half volley while in full sprint > with > >>>> a > >>>> defender going shoulder to shoulder with you it will become clear > exactly > >>>> why it's the beautiful game. > >>>> > >>>> Or another possible solution for American viewers would be to overlay > on > >>>> screen graphics of explosions and missles and shit every time a player > >>>> touches the ball. :p > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321052 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
