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Why does baseball have a competition called the World Series when only American teams play in it?
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∙ 12y ago
Because when the term was coined, The US WAS the world of Baseball. ...and it's not just American teams (unless you're using the term "American" to refer to anyone from North America). Canada has the blue jays, and used to also have the Expos until they moved to Washington and became the Nationals in 2005.
However, I believe that "World Series" is only used out of habit, and the "official" name of the championship series is actually now "The Fall Classic".
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American Professional Baseball is made up into 2 divisions or leagues. After a season of play and a couple of weeks of playoffs the 2 leagues, the American and National send their champions to the World Series. Although called the World Series there are only American teams participating. The recent World baseball classic showed American baseball is not the only dominate team around.
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