World Champions? LOL
Gotta love you Americans.
How about the ICC Cricket World Cup that you guys down under have won 5 times
Living outside the US and for decades, I have followed 3 Major Pro Sports in the US, I noted that the title World Champions is not a empty boast but an assumed reality. AFAIK, there is only one pro baseball league outside the US, that is in Japan. Unless there is a belief that a champion team from the Japanese league can beat even the Division Champions of the MLB, the title World Champions can safely be used for the World Series. Pro basketball? Many pro leagues in the world, but does any avid NBA fan believe those teams can beat the champions in the NBA? I assume not.
On the other hand, I would have no problems hearing world champions in Cricket, rugby and soccer, and probably it's because I don't follow them.
Well, the ICC cricket world cup is a 14 country tournament after an additional 8 countries not qualifying after a pre tournament.
The US baseball is a domestic competition.
We have our our unique Australian rules football where it is only played in Australia. It is a domestic sport and the winners are named as the Australian champions. We would never call ourselves world champions.
Thanks, you have reinforced my point. All these American sports are domestic competitions with no other countries playing in the competition.
Soccer for example is played competively in 211 counties around the world, or which 32 play in the world cup. This is truly a world game.
Minor point, US Baseball does have one non-US team, the Toronto Blue Jays who have won two world series. Also used to have the Montreal Expos. Larry
That would make you 14 country champs if we are being technical...And just how large are those countries?
Oh we are back to who's got the biggest argument. LOL England, India, South Africa, Pakistan to name a few.
I will let you google the rest to see if you have ever heard of those countries - its a big big world outside of the USA
Spending a month a year living outside the US has given me a different perspective on sports. In London, one has to get the International Herald Tribune or USA Today to see any US sports scores. Football (soccer) is the international sport. In Hong Kong, the Premiere League is followed closely in the English language papers, not US baseball, football, basketball. Because of having the two best football players in the world, La Liga is also followed, at least Barcelona and Real Madrid. Test matches in cricket and Rugby also get a lot of coverage. I actually understand how scoring works in cricket, where "innings" is both singular and plural.
Larry
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