History of the World Series
For Those Who Don’t Watch
The World Series is over a hundred years old, starting in 1903 as a contest between the National League and the American League.
This sporting event, usually held in October and sometimes called the Fall Classic, has already infringed upon the territory of the subsequent athletic contest run-up with the football season, which has already begun.
Significance of the World Series
This exciting, riveting, seat-of-the-pants, 3-hour baseball drama plays out on television but never gets the kind of love football gets. Baseball is supposed to be the national pastime, but the major American religious holiday seems to be the Super Bowl.
Football seems more designed for television, with large individuals tempestuously inflicting physical harm on others. This is why TVs are designed to be horizontally arranged rectangles to simulate a football field grid — rather than a square, like a baseball diamond.
When came the Name “World Series?”
Does it suggest that this is the championship competition for baseball anywhere in the world, across the entire planet? Canada occasionally gets included, but:
- What do baseball players in Japan think of this?
