# World Series

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series/134442>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 29, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series/134442 "2002-10-29T20:21:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![XMOUTH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/87869e/32.png) [@XMOUTH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XMOUTH)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series/134442/1 "2002-10-29T20:21:56Z")

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Why is it that the World Series ( baseball ) in which only N. American teams take part named such. Is it because in the early days it was sponsored by a newspaper called the “World” ?:smack:

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series/134442/2 "2002-10-29T20:28:44Z")

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Nope.

[http://www.snopes.com/business/names/worldser.htm](http://www.snopes.com/business/names/worldser.htm)