Why The F**** Is It Called The World Series?

**English Noodles** · 16-04-2009, 12:06 AM

I wanted to know, so I looked it up.

The Spalding guide of america in 1887 named it "Worlds championship Series" (later shortened to world series) in the hope that other nations such as "Australia and Great Britain" would soon play and "become rivals"...none have.

As it was american league and national league meeting, then a bigger name was used..world....as regards america hoping Australia then Great Britain would play it, source states... "This didn't happen, but the name "World's Championship Series" stuck..

But lets elaborate on the point why.

People ask with Spalding guide naming it World championship Series attempting to entice other countries to play it of which it states Australia and Great Britain, and why they dont play it, a major reason for this is the British invented Baseball aka Rounders for children and its historically been for them, whom it was intended so while you dont see adults from UK playing it, its VERY popular among kids up to 5th grade..notably girls who have formalised competitions nationwide.

**EmperorTud** · 16-04-2009, 12:11 AM

I don't mind Baseball but as the Americans acknowledge it is more of a pastime.

Ice Hockey is a decent sport also.

Gridiron and basketball are pure arse.

**dirtydog** · 16-04-2009, 12:18 AM

Basketball is netball, another game for girls.

**Muadib** · 16-04-2009, 12:23 AM

Obsessed with all things Merkin today Noodles???

**Felix Sphinx** · 16-04-2009, 12:50 AM

Gridiron is rugby or AUSSIE rules or Gaelic football 'for softies
Ireland didnt need Padding to win the grand slam nor ad breaks pom pom girls and phoney college scholarships.

Give me asoccer mom over a muncher at Yankee stadium and any Pailn Michael Sean etc save Sara

**Happyman** · 16-04-2009, 01:04 AM

Very strange
I have seen the "Super Bowl" quite a few times, but, I have never seen any reference to any bowls of lesser significance so what is it compared to to gain the SUPER bit ?

**dirtydog** · 16-04-2009, 01:07 AM

^Its not 10 pin bowling?

**Muadib** · 16-04-2009, 01:11 AM

^^ Gator Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, etc...

Much as I know fvck all about Cricket...

**Happyman** · 16-04-2009, 01:11 AM

Dunno - they don't even play in a friggin bowl.

**friscofrankie** · 16-04-2009, 02:26 AM

Originally Posted by Happyman

I have never seen any reference to any bowls of lesser significance

As noted above, not paying attention then.

Originally Posted by Happyman

Dunno - they don't even play in a friggin bowl.

Well at one time bfore all these retractable roofs, gourmet gedunk and what not The stadiums actually did resemble a bowl.

While an interesting subject, it is brought up usually 'round late September or so back home. One is left to wonder why so many brits are obessed with things "American"
"The English invented..."

Some fuckin cave man kicked a ball, made a contest out it. Two goals. Two teams. Mayhem ensued. Late one dude picked up tha ball and ran with it. Now while these hardy fellas were between Wooly Mamoth Hunting they got kind of particular about their game. Think they killed that first guy... But eventually two schools thought grew out of this.

Then over at the next valley some heavy browed knucklehead picked up a rock and hit it with a stick. Now all sorts of shit came out of that. you had places wher allthe guys had sticks(they hit each other with their sticks sometimes and it was fun) and other games where only one guy had a stick and nobody got hit very much it was "interesting." Then after a while, you had the old, toothless fuckers they'd come out and watch and get drunk, sometimes they'd hit each otehr with sticks too.

English Smenglish.

I remember being taught to play soccer back in seventh grade, kinda pissed us guys off, seemed like a girls game, didn;t go over that well. Mater fo fact think there was a USA girls team won some kinda world champeenship back a few years? Not sure, like I said, a girls game. Any way the next year we was back to playing football.

Now, American footBall isn't really what you'd call a "contact sport" it's more of an 'Impact sport' Where you not only get to hit mother-fucker, you get to get a runnin start at it and hit 'em real fucking hard. But they don't allow sticks.

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Basketball is netball, another game for girls.

next time You're over in the states go ahead join in a nice little street game of "B-ball." You are right about one thing; you really oughta play with the girls. Basketball is what you would call "contact sport" Much like boxing is a contact sport, but with a lot of running. Elbows and knees, body blocks and getting knocked to the pavement on yer ass. Good B-ball player will be in Boxer like shape and as good at takgn a punch too. But that "netball" thing, sounds a perfect girls pastime.

But how many of y'all are players? never really had much interest in spectating, after I grew out of playing the games I lost interest in watching 'em too.

never really got into that "my sport is better than your sport" shit. Hell, I never knew there was another country until the beatles came along. Why would I care what fuckin games they played? You guys, too much time on yer hands. You got sports in England? Play 'em. We sure don;t give a fuck. You wanna come over and play some of ours? welcome.

You wanna watch on the "telly?" Each his own I guess.

**dirtydog** · 16-04-2009, 02:32 AM

We played hockey at my school for a few months, now thats a game, you get weapons

**jizzybloke** · 16-04-2009, 02:37 AM

^i was banned for life from playing hockey at my school

**dirtydog** · 16-04-2009, 02:40 AM

They banned hockey for pe at my school

then 2 months later rugby was banned

**jizzybloke** · 16-04-2009, 02:46 AM

My school wasn't posh enough for rugger

**Boon Mee** · 16-04-2009, 02:50 AM

Originally Posted by Muadib

^^ Gator Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, etc...

Much as I know fvck all about Cricket...

Heh...you do know the origin of Rugby tho, eh? Get one of our 'cousins' to elaborate!

**Jet Gorgon** · 16-04-2009, 05:13 AM

Originally Posted by friscofrankie

Hell, I never knew there was another country until the beatles came along.

Yep, us girls played soccer -- the boys wouldn't even think about it. Sissy sports they called it. I didn't like it much either except when you could line up a kick to hit a**hole Donna in the head. Hockey is high-powered and lots of fistis, which I love. Canada has football but it's too bladdy slow -- I only watch NFL.

It's called superbowl coz its the final fekin game of the season. It used to be between the winners of the NFL and the now-defunct AFL.

America started baseball, so if they want to call the finals the World Series, so fekin what.

**PlanK** · 16-04-2009, 05:34 AM

If it was started with the intention of encouraging other nations to join, why don't they invite some other nations to join now?

**chassamui** · 16-04-2009, 05:54 AM

EN This is embarrassing. Could you have picked an older discussion apart from the civil war?
It's pathetic. Let them bleed.

**November Rain** · 16-04-2009, 06:19 AM

Originally Posted by jizzybloke

i was banned for life from playing hockey at my school

Boys played hockey at your school? Only girls did it at ours. Summer was netball, winter was hockey. Aaaah, there's a special feeling you get from being slammed in the legs with a hockey stick or ball on your bare legs (games skirts & knee socks) in the middle of winter... Never forgotten.

Originally Posted by chassamui

EN This is embarrassing

Agreed

**Marmite the Dog** · 16-04-2009, 06:47 AM

Originally Posted by jizzybloke

My school wasn't posh enough for rugger

My school wasn't posh, but thankfully they didn't care about crap like that and put it on the curriculum anyway.

**Boon Mee** · 16-04-2009, 07:03 AM

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by jizzybloke

My school wasn't posh enough for rugger

My school wasn't posh, but thankfully they didn't care about crap like that and put it on the curriculum anyway.

Not POSH but they participated in a little 'buggering' we suspect?

**blackgang** · 16-04-2009, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Basketball is netball, another game for girls.

Well as has been stated,, soccer is a sissy girl sport, boys didn't even play that shit in the first grade, always ended up in a fist fight, we far prefered hocky..

**reinvented** · 16-04-2009, 08:03 AM

i think the original outing was sponsored by the world newspaper
to actually a nswer the question if nobody else has

**Jet Gorgon** · 16-04-2009, 10:29 AM

^ I remember something like that. Dig up the info wouldya, RI?

**barbaro** · 16-04-2009, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by English Noodles

I wanted to know, so I looked it up.

The Spalding guide of america in 1887 named it "Worlds championship Series" (later shortened to world series) in the hope that other nations such as "Australia and Great Britain" would soon play and "become rivals"...none have.

As it was american league and national league meeting, then a bigger name was used..world....as regards america hoping Australia then Great Britain would play it, source states... "This didn't happen, but the name "World's Championship Series" stuck..

"Series" is a series of games. Best out of 7 wins.

"World" is the name of the sponsoring newspaper at that time.

This has been discussed at least a couple of times before here, on the board.

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