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Originally Posted by Dakota
It's just your little hobby horse, Mike. The fact is, the term "world series" has been a generic term for "baseball championship" for over 100 years. It never did literally mean "all the world" (as in world cup), although in the beginning it could be argued that all of the professional baseball teams in the world were eligible to advance to the World Series.
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And here I think it is standard American arrogance. JMO. You know, that attitude that endears us to the rest of the world.
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Should the existence of the Japanese professional league after some 50 years of MLB necessitate that MLB change the name of their championship series out of political correctness? I don't think so, and, obviously, I don't get agitated over the use of the word "world".
It has been similarly adopted as a generic term by various softball groups, including the NCAA and USSSA.
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Yet, but rule, NCAA Div I forbids membership by non-US colleges, so in reality, they cannot even claim a North American Series.
And let's not forget that at one time, ASA also used the term. Just because enough people buy into it, doesn't necessarily make it so.
Then again, try telling an LSU, OU or Texas fan that they have never won the NCAA Div I Football Championship.
