QotD: World Series 2007

What are your predictions for the World Series?

My predictions for the world series are that once again no teams from anywhere outside of North America will play. The World Series is a major bugbear of mine.  Why, I hear you ask, why would anyone object to the World Series?  Mainly because it's not the world series, is it now?  How can it be the world series when all the teams are North American?  In the name of all that is shoddy, introspective and inbred, how can this be so?  How can a team be the World Series Champions when they've never played against any teams from the rest of the world?

Anyway, more to the point, who cares? It's not even a real sport, they don't even stop for tea! Now cricket...

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Oink
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Is this the one where they run around with excessive amounts of padding (like great big baby girls) and call it football?
Pete
Ahh, no, this is the one where they took Rounders, added helmets and jock straps to make them feel safer, and called it Baseball.
Oink
Well that's just not cricket! Why do they invent so many new silly games?
Pete
I think when they realised they couldn't win at any existing sports, they made new ones and took the opportunity to insert extra padding to stop them getting bruised,
Jane
[this is good]

Isn't it interesting how America only really plays sports that no other countries play? Maybe because they're worried that they might get beaten at other sports and therefore no longer be Top Nation?

Pete
Yeah, it always interests me during the football World Cup, they start to get a bit interested when they reach the Quarter Finals and then they get beat and suddenly "soccer" is "gay" again. Hmm...
Jef
[This is guff] I have to take issue with this. The World Series has that name for perfectly reasonable historical reasons. It has existed for over a hundred years and for the larger portion of that there have been few nations with established professional leagues and almost none that could field a side even remotely capabale of defeating the best that the AL or NL offered. Even now there are still very few nations that could hope to compete with a World Series winning side over a single game, never mind a best of seven series and amongst those that are on this small list, almost all their best players ply their trade in one of the two North American leagues.

The notion that Americans only succeed in games of their own invention is, frankly, big floppy donkey dick. The good ol' U.S of A is a leading nation in diverse events across the Olympic games (summer and winter) as well as truly world sports such as tennis (men's and women's), golf (men's and women's) and *whisper it* even football (women's).

By all means hate baseball, even indulge in a spot of Yank bashing if you like, but don't pretend that the name of their championship matters a bollox.
kateevans

I don't really want to take sides in this, except to say that it makes no sense to me for anyone to waste their energy hating baseball, when there are truly jaw-droppingly dull and stupid American sports to hate instead, like basketball and NASCAR.

Oink
Oh Jef, we're just joking.

I had to look up NASCAR and I must say I'm surprised that's made it to the rank of sport. This may actually be one I'd consider watching a game or two of though. Just for fun.
Pete
Alas, Jef, you seem to have made a common mistake, and missed the fact that most everything I say is said with my tongue in my cheek, or in sarcasm or both. I actually do play a spot of baseball myself in the Summer. I must say though, I've decided to apply the naming logic retrospectively and rename the English Cricket, Football and Rugby leagues the world series ;)

Kate, the blog is echoing to the sound of you hitting a nail on the head there! The continued existence of NASCAR drivers is one in the eye for Darwin, really, I mean, surely they should have evolved into people by now?

Oink, be sure not to get RSI in your eyes from following things going in circles for so long ;)

p.s - kudos on [This is guff] haha.
Oink
Oh no - as with an racing I'd never watch more than a lap!

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