Time for a general comment from your friendly neighbourhood moderator.
Do you like this thread?
If so, please do not be rude to each other here.
The American Major League Baseball championship playoffs between two rival leagues have been called The World Series since Adam was a lad (well since the late 1880s anyway). The name arose because except for a few in Canada, there were no baseball clubs outside the USA who were worthy to stand on the same diamond as a typical pro-baseball club from the USA. This is still true today as far as I know. It is a fact, not a boast, that the best team in the USA and Canada is going to be the best baseball team in the world, hence ''The World Series.''
Useful article in wikipedia on the history of the World Series:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series
Personally I like this thread. If I didn't, I would have deleted it now. I ask British/European/Australian/Other members not to think this thread is there so they can be rude to our American members. In return I ask our American members not to talk down to non-Americans who are asking what might seem like a silly question.
Who knows, our little cultural exchange here might even be a force for peace, understanding,
repproachment and good in the world. Now wouldn't that be cool?
