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Re:F1, like soccer and the metric system, is OK for everyone... by ra on Thursday November 29, 2012 @07:37AM (#4847349)
It's the same with Cricket and Rugby.

By some quirk of history, Americans got into Baseball and Gridiron instead.

They're both fine sports so it's all good; but we all have a chuckle when you have a 'world series'.

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Re:F1, like soccer and the metric system, is OK for everyone... by jacques_chester on Thursday November 29, 2012 @07:50AM (#4847393)
There's a theory (according to the relevant Wikipedia entry it's a controversial theory) that the World Series is named for the newspaper which sponsored early contests.
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