1895 World Championship....

[oddbod]

Wrong

Was the World Series Named for a Newspaper?

Was baseball's annual championship contest, the World Series, named for the New York World newspaper?

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Thanks for that jonny I read it was the boston world years ago ....do you trust the article you posted?

 

[thamesvalleyman]

Well I never knew that either. Thanks for posting. Great read. Wonder if any of our forefathers went to the game?

 

[TK-421]

Im falling asleep as i type this and i hate defending the yanks but the "world series"was originally a competition created and sponsored by the" Boston World" newspaper ...they went bust but the cometition carried on and they dropped the Boston bit! sorry if seb.

Good bit of trivia that, I like it

Thanks for that jonny I read it was the boston world years ago ....do you trust the article you posted?

Nevermind