If a kid in the 3rd grade wins his class’s spelling bee contest, should he be called the spelling bee champion of the whole school? That’s an obvious answer, right?

So then how is it that the winner of Major League Baseball’s championship series, The World Series, is crowned World Champs — even though Team USA (fielding what was arguably an MLB all-star caliber team) only got as far as the semifinals in the World Baseball Classic?

How about you just call it “MLB Champions” until you’re arguably the best country in the world at the sport? The same goes for all other American sport that refers to their own champions the same way.

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