How many countries compete in the World Series ( Baseball ) ?
The term, "World Series" is very misleading in that the final seven game series plus the playoffs do not include members from every country in the world nor will it happen in the near future. A proper definition of the championship series would be something like, "Major League Championship Series". Although each team in baseball is represented by a fair number of players from many countries I've yet to see anyone from the Isle of Crete, for example, on any MLB roster. Thinking back to baseball when only 8 teams from each league represented all there was in the USA, it hardly seems reasonable that the words, "World Champions", should have appeared on the winning teams rings considering that most of the world back then didn't even play the game. Even today with the WBC which is supposed to encompass the world community, it still doesn't come close to representing the "world" of baseball. The reality is, there probably has never really been a true "World Champion", crowned since the birth of baseball.
Do ALL participants in the baseball world series get a ring? or is it only for the winners?
I had a big argument with a friend of mine regarding the number of world series rings former OF Luis polonia had won. When I proved that Luis had only been in a few world series winner teams, this guy then assured that Polonia had some other ring for just attending the series. Since I have never heard of anything like that before, I didn't have any way to prove him wrong inmediately..what would you say?
Why doesn't World Series in baseball include other countries? Is there an international baseball series?
EDIT: I had originally said that since the Toronto Blue Jays are based in Canada, then technically, there is one other country included. But then I forgot: For them to be included in the World Series, they have to actually get to the World Series. They’ve not done this since 1993.But the main reason other countries (like Cuba, Japan, Korea, and so on) aren’t included in the World Series is a matter of logistics.Baseball in other countries has its own leagues, commissioners, rules, etc. In order to include the best teams from these leagues in the World Series, there would need to be extra negotiations, CBAs and such.Say you get those out of the way. Awesome, but then there’s another issue: Baseball is a long sport. Players start practicing for the season in February, and the MLB postseason wraps up in November. Add extra teams in the mix, and suddenly, there’s a chance that a World Series team might get little to no off time to recover from the grind before they have to get ready for the next season.And then there’s the usual hassle with travel, passports and such.There is an alternative though.The World Baseball Classic.Every four years, the best professional players from all over the world are selected to play for their country’s national team in a round robin tournament to determine the best team in the world.For what it’s worth, I LOVE the WBC. Definitely check it out next time it comes around.
Why is American baseball called the WORLD series when usa and canada are the only countries participating?
Because we are arrogant!
Has a baseball World Series ever gone into November?
Only once, in 2001. The unpleasantness that befell the nation in September caused MLB to lift one week out of the schedule -- Tuesday 9/11 through Sunday 9/16 (and some of the Monday 9/17 schedule, for logistical purposes -- games from series that did not conclude on Sunday) -- and graft it onto the original end of the season, and necessarily move the postseason back one week. Thus, the World Series, which went a full seven games, saw the last three games played on November 1, 3, and 4. The 2007 WS would have played Game 7 on 11/1 but ended in four.