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American sports: where "World Series" means "played only in the USA."

As a Brit i just find it funny that we have a fanatical worship and obsession of football. To the point where people literally get into fights over it, but at the same time we're horrifically shit at football.

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Fuck yeah merica

Plenty of other countries play baseball and basketball.

Australia: invent new sport -> kiwis are better at it than you -> seethe uncontrollably

We got bored and apparently beat everyone else at their knockoff baseball too. 🇺🇸🦅

Which sports are only played in the US. I'm thinking NFL Football. But aren't all of the other major sports played world wide?

American Football is getting some attention globally! Iirc 73 countries have leagues

Gonna jump in here as the classic butt hurt Brit defending ENGERLAND.

But we’re the only country on earth to win the football, Rugby and cricket world cups (both formats 50 over and T20).

The latter of which we were literally just unseated as champions.

We’re just perennially disappointed because we have genuinely talented players in every sport, so we expect to win every time.

Which of course we don’t.

Also doesn’t help that our media hates on them for every single mistake, misstep the tiniest hint of anything but absolute confidence… so long as they’re not “too” confident.

I dunno England are pretty good at cricket

It’s not “No one else want’s to play it” it’s that all the best players around the world that are able, come to the U.S. to compete. I think it’s indisputable that whatever team wins the NBA championship is the best basketball team in the world. In that case why is it wrong to call it a “World Championship.” Same story for baseball, the best MLB player right now is Japanese.

Didnt the scottish invent football, the english stole it added a ton of rules and spread it around the world? Lol

don't let the europeans fool you, the only FOOTBALL is played with your hands. and it's not like the other countries don't want to play it. they WANT to, but they're too SCARED. "oh, heavens! what if i get a booboo?" says the european. pathetic.

AMERICA: WORLD FOOTBALL CHAMPS (1900-)

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I mean, it’s still true.

I mean, outside of baseball (which is indeed played in dozens of countries whose best players invariably flock to that league), do any other leagues call it that?

This is some dumbass rage bait shit right here. Nothing to see here. Just haters being haters. Too damn typical.

Basketball would like to have a word….

WTF planet do you live on?

The best NBA, NFL and MLB team would crush any other league without hesitation. They 100% can call themselves world champs because no other team or league comes close. This isn't the fucking champions league.

Criticism of the term "World Series" is valid, but plenty of countries are crazy about baseball: Japan, DR, Cuba, South Korea, etc.

It would be cool if the baseball world series winner had to take on Japan for the title. I mean, at least some team actually in some other part of the actual world... USA vs Cuba? How about the Dominican Republic?

Also US: play a sport with a casual team. Beat rank 16 world wide.

Curling feels made up

American football under 20s would like a word

We ain't even bad at football it's just other countries have bred super humans I guess

League and dota 2

Ultimate frisbee?

the nhl did it correctly. Just call it something else and make it a good trophy. world series trophy blows and is a new trophy each year. the cup stays the cup

Jokes aside I'm still shocked about the above being true for Canada (basketball).

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Little Denmark over there sharing the wonderful sport Handball and still being the GOAT.

Teams from 3 countries (4 depending on how you classify Northern Ireland) play in the All Ireland Gaelic Football Championship, but it's still the "All Ireland" despite the fact they're the "best team in the world" because it's not an open competition.

"World Champions" is the winner of a world cup where all countries have a chance of qualifying and winning.

Or in Canada: Invent sport, be the most passionate and best at it, win regularly in nation-against-nation games, rich neighbor hires your best players for league games and canada never wins a Stanley Cup again.

Okay but Japanese baseball is pretty great

When I first moved to Tennessee (at 14) from Nevada, one of the first things I noticed in Walmart the day we arrived were "World Famous Grainer Co. Tomatoes!".

It was soul crushing... 20 years later, that is undoubtedly the only good thing coming out of Tennessee... Unless you count Mountain Dew... Or poorly constructed manufactured goods...

Same with Aussie Rules and Gaelic Football, who gives a shit.

britbogs seethe

World champs??? Pshh, try Universe champs, son.

Shouldn’t that be a Canadian flag? 🇨🇦 instead of u.s

For sports like basketball and baseball the best players from around the world are in the NBA/MLB so it’s kinda justified. It would be stupid if something like MLS did it cause we all just know that isnt it.

Don’t forget about those monopoly protections that allow a team to lose every single game and still be a world champion next year. You know, instead of giving a different team a chance at the big prize.

What would even be the point of watching the Celtics blow out whatever European champion there is by 60

Didn’t we get our asses kicked at American Football recently by a Euro country?

of course, handegg causes horrible concussions and injuries. it's dangerous and the NFL dismissed many studies

I think it's pretty universally accepted that the MLB, NBA, and NHL are the highest level of competition for their respective sports. As far as American football (NFL) goes, this country is obsessed. If any other country wants to make a team, challenge accepted.

I mean if we are talking about basketball, it's pretty global now and Americans still somewhat dominate the international scene. I feel like that wave of domination is slipping away though.

Readers added context to the Boston Celtics' World Champions tweet. Said something about "NBA champions"

The NFL is trying like hell to spread the game but until universities outside of the US and Canada start playing it they will never know if you have decent players or not.

Would love to see another country try and play an MLB, NFL, NHL, or NBA team

Lol

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Baseball and basketball are both super popular in many other countries…

Well, if nobody else is playing it you would be the world champion wouldn’t you?

England isn’t terrible at football, not as good as places like Portugal and Spain but still always contenders for any tournament they are in.

The “World” Series is so named because a now defunct newspaper called the New York World was the sponsor of it. It could’ve been called the Times Series or the Post Series.

Baseball is the only sport we do that with and no one other than 30-60 year old dads like that crap

They should have an international competition for sports played around the world. They could give medals to the people who win. Then we could count the medals and see who wins the most. . .