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Old Fri Jun 02, 2017, 10:12am
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Originally Posted by Dakota View Post
"World Series..."

A discussion carried on by the pedants among us, but a battle long since lost.

The championship of professional baseball in the USA has been called the "world series" for over 130 years (even pre-dating the officially recognized MLB world series).

The term has become synonymous with "championship" whether or not it is an international championship and whether or not it is actually a "series." The term is used for championships of everything from drag racing to poker.

A battle long since lost...
No battle is lost as long as one still fights ........

Save your Dixie cups, the South will rise again ...........

[/facetious] (I'm a Damn Yankee, defined here as one who comes south and won't leave, originally from South Jersey)
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