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Originally posted by djflish
bundy,
just cos canada and the us are involved, it hardly justifies it being called the 'world' series
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True, it's not the World Cup, where most countries send a team to compete, there are only two countries providing teams. But Major League Baseball players hail from many countries. 30 percent of ALL major leaguers come from Latin America. Right now, 50 PERCENT of the minor league system is from Latin America. On many team's 25-man rosters, American-born players make up only about half of the team. Just one example:
12 of 25 "Yankees" were born outside the 50 states. 4 Dominicans (Soriano, Mondesi, Benitez, Wilson), 3 Puerto Ricans (Williams, Sierra, Posada), 2 Mexicans (Garcia, Osuna), 1 Panamanian (Rivera), and 1 Japanese (Matsui). Plus there's a Cuban (Contreras) on the DL right now, not part of the 25 man roster.
By the way, Merrie Olde England has provided 32 players to the majors Since 1871. No offense, but none were any good. The most recent was Lance Painter, a relief pitcher for Colorado, St. Louis, Toronto and Milwaukee from 1993-2001.
-Mikey