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by monocasa 2142 days ago
Nah, it being named after the New York World newspaper is just the sports blogger equivalent of an old wive's tale. It really was built off of the US exceptionalism of the gilded age with the idea that nobody could beat the US at it's own game anyway so why bother inviting them.

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=467571...

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The New York World story even has its own Snopes page: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/world-series/