I'm on your side, as I too believe the title of this tournament is a misnomer. As was pointed out, this doesn't involve the world, only teams from the USA. Furthermore, it isn't a series, save for the 2/3 games at the end involving two of the eight teams.
Lastly, the term "world series" is an allusion to a sport that isn't softball. Not to mention that that we qualify the softball championship with Women's CWS while the baseball championship is just titled CWS.
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Originally Posted by CecilOne
No, its not.
This topic STARTED about SOFTBALL. with one tangent to prove the point.
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Considering this thread was about the umpires working the Division I softball championship, I thought it was a good idea not to hijack with any discussion about WBSC-SD (legit) world championships. But since you said it was ok . .
There are two WBSC-SD championships this year - Men's in Whitehorse, Canada (18 countries are participating) and Junior Women's in Clearwater, Fla. Truly world championship tournaments.
The USA is sending three umpires to the men's and four umpires to the Junior women's.