World Series

[Cole Parker]

St. Louis is playing Boston in the World Series this year. It isn't only the baseball teams that are competing. Here are two other groups, one from each city, having a go at each other.

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[DesDownunder]

I know nothing about World Series, but I sure recognise some excellent brass playing.

Here's 2 minutes more from the Boston Orchestra.

[Cole Parker]

If any other nation wishes to submit a team to challenge the winner, I'm sure they would be accommodated.

There are players from all over the world who, if they're on a competing team, play in the World Series. So it isn't strictly American.

But the name was almost certainly developed, years ago, to make the games grander than they really were.

[FreeThinker]

There once were two Canadian teams in Major League Baseball, the Montreal Expos and the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays actually won the World Series and are the only non-American team to do so, coincidentally on THIS day in 1992. The Expos, named after the Montreal World's Fair Expo '67 eventually moved to Washington and became the Nationals. But I take your point. Baseball is enormously popular in Japan, South Korea, Cuba, and many Latin American countries. A true World Series should include the champion teams from those countries as well, as the Little League World Series does.

Also, you asked about Hockey. The National Hockey league consists of both American and Canadian teams, though hockey is almost a religion in Canada, It's popular in America, but not manically so and ranks behind American football, baseball and basketball in popularity.

[colinian]

Also, you asked about Hockey. The National Hockey league consists of both American and Canadian teams, though hockey is almost a religion in Canada, It's popular in America, but not manically so and ranks behind American football, baseball and basketball in popularity.

The popularity of hockey is certainly manically so in the U.S. in cities like San Jose, Boston, and Chicago among others.

Colin

[Gee Whillickers]

Did someone say hockey?!?

[Lugnutz]

Did someone say hockey?!?

No. You're hearing things.

[Merkin]

The Little League World Series, played in Williamsport, Pennsylvania (age of players around 11-12) always involves international teams and is usually won by a team from Japan.