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Originally Posted by DMU_AC the world series is so called because a news papaer called The World use to sponsor it and i believe had a hand it its creation and thus the name stuck.
as mentioned above, the euronations is so called because any european nation is invited to shoot in it but many dont because of issues of cost etc.
at least thats what i was told when i shot in the jnr euronations. |
Not entirely true.... apparently
A persistent myth is that the "World" in "World Series" came about because the New York World newspaper sponsored it. Baseball researcher Doug Pappas refutes that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from the phrase "World's Championship Series" (used to describe the 1903 series as well as some of the 19th-century postseason series) to "World's Series" (a term first used in the 1880s and which persisted for decades) to "World Series"
Wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_series