Hosting a “World” Series with Only the United States
If you watch superhero movies, you’ll often hear that a hero saved the “world,” but the scenes were only in the US. Apparently, it’s the same in real life and puzzles many foreigners. For example, why is it called the World Series if it only involves American baseball teams?
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We’re quite sure baseball is popular in other countries. It sounds like we’re so self-absorbed that we think the world revolves around our 50 states. A team from the American League and the National League (both in the US) decided to have a tournament and named it the World Series.