Matt wrote: > Its called World because of a newspaper sponsorship I think as opposed it > being a world championship > > I'm afraid that's an Urban Myth Matt. I believe it was called the World Series as when they started it in the 1880s (ish), they hoped baseball would spread throughout the world - as opposed to being a sport played by pre-pubescent schoolgirls in most other countries!
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