Why does an American title not matter like the uk rainbow belt or Euro belt?

[Memphis]

Because Americans expect to be WORLD champions....being the United States champion is like winning the NIT in NCAA basketball, who cares if you're not THE champ you're not A champ

I hear the 'World' series of rounders is quite popular?

[El Kabong]

Because Americans expect to be WORLD champions....being the United States champion is like winning the NIT in NCAA basketball, who cares if you're not THE champ you're not A champ

I hear the 'World' series of rounders is quite popular?

You mean what my Boston Red Sox just won with players from Japan, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Aruba, Venezuela, as well as the United States?

Listen everyone everywhere is invited to play baseball but to put it in soccer terms the MLB is like La Liga/Premier League/Budesliga all rolled into one and the next best leagues in Japan, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Cuba are like the Hyundai A-League in Australia.

[Kirkland Laing]

It's been the World Series since back when you didn't even allow black Americans to play.

[El Kabong]

It's been the World Series since back when you didn't even allow black Americans to play.

Black baseball players had their own league and the guys playing in the MLB were still the "Best Baseball Players in the World" sooooo your point is?

[Shane1]

Really? Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks and Jackie Robinson weren't among those "best baseball players in the world?" Before the color barrier was broken I think it's common knowledge that some of those "best" were not even in the Majors. Pretty sure that's his point.

[El Kabong]

Really? Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks and Jackie Robinson weren't among those "best baseball players in the world?" Before the color barrier was broken I think it's common knowledge that some of those "best" were not even in the Majors. Pretty sure that's his point.

It's parsing a statement to the point of being ridiculous. Americans are THE BEST at baseball. The last time baseball was an Olympic sport who won gold? USA. They have the WBC but that's not a competition that's respected all that much. ALSO my point was the World Series winners of recent history have players from all nations playing for them much like the Premier League in soccer and the MLB is THE BEST baseball league in the world hands down....you don't see players from the MLB jumping ship to play in Japan for better pay and better teams, they play in Japan when they can no longer hack it in the MLB.

[TitoFan]

Really? Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks and Jackie Robinson weren't among those "best baseball players in the world?" Before the color barrier was broken I think it's common knowledge that some of those "best" were not even in the Majors. Pretty sure that's his point.

It's parsing a statement to the point of being ridiculous. Americans are THE BEST at baseball. The last time baseball was an Olympic sport who won gold? USA. They have the WBC but that's not a competition that's respected all that much. ALSO my point was the World Series winners of recent history have players from all nations playing for them much like the Premier League in soccer and the MLB is THE BEST baseball league in the world hands down....you don't see players from the MLB jumping ship to play in Japan for better pay and better teams, they play in Japan when they can no longer hack it in the MLB.

You were doing fine until then. Not "respected all that much"? Says who?
No offense, Lyle. But Americans have a habit of losing interest in sports they don't completely dominate.
The WBC has only been in existence a few years, and should've been in existence long ago.
But it's quickly gaining worldwide acclaim, and has the international flavor the World Cup does.

It's ok to be proud of your baseball. But the Caribbean more than holds its own when it comes to great players (P.R., D.R. Cuba, Venezuela).