The Red Sox Aren't the Real World Champs?
An Op Ed peice by GUIVE MIRFENDERESKI:
Red Sox aren't really world champs
November 7, 2004
NO DOUBT this country is a world in itself, which may explain why a tiny minority of the public knows or cares about what is located or transpires beyond our borders.
While the Boston Red Sox deserve every bit of the accolade heaped on them for winning the World Series, they must not be confused with the true "world" champions of baseball: the Cuban national team that took the Olympic Gold in Athens last August. Australia came in second and Japan finished third by beating Canada. The US team, which had lost its regional qualifying game against Mexico, didn't even go to Athens.
Players from many countries labor in Major League Baseball, but the series between the Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals was not an international contest. It behooves the press to remind the fans of the origin of the World Series as one that received its name from the sponsorship of the earlier series by The World newspaper. The Sox are no more "world" champions than the best team in the NBA or NHL can claim to be. The lesson here is that when we ignore history, our present becomes distorted to the point of nonsense. A little less bravado, a little more perspective, please.
GUIVE MIRFENDERESKI
Newton
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Red Sox aren't really world champs
November 7, 2004
NO DOUBT this country is a world in itself, which may explain why a tiny minority of the public knows or cares about what is located or transpires beyond our borders.
While the Boston Red Sox deserve every bit of the accolade heaped on them for winning the World Series, they must not be confused with the true "world" champions of baseball: the Cuban national team that took the Olympic Gold in Athens last August. Australia came in second and Japan finished third by beating Canada. The US team, which had lost its regional qualifying game against Mexico, didn't even go to Athens.
Players from many countries labor in Major League Baseball, but the series between the Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals was not an international contest. It behooves the press to remind the fans of the origin of the World Series as one that received its name from the sponsorship of the earlier series by The World newspaper. The Sox are no more "world" champions than the best team in the NBA or NHL can claim to be. The lesson here is that when we ignore history, our present becomes distorted to the point of nonsense. A little less bravado, a little more perspective, please.
GUIVE MIRFENDERESKI
Newton
Full Story
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