Re: [OT] Completely off-topic and useless celebrating re: World Cup

Actually, Toronto has won the World Series twice, in 1992 and 1993. Its 
just
that no Americans watched it those years ;-)

On Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at 10:37  PM, Michael Llaneza wrote:

> It theoretically has a Canadian team eligible for it anyway. I don't 
> think Toronto has ever come close to the World Series, except for a 
> mention in a short story from Space Gamer detailing a Stealth Ogre
(the 
> cybertank kind).
>
> We'll see a Japanese team in the Series first :-)
>
> Allan Goodall wrote:
>
>>> be participating in a "World"
>>> something-or-other that actually INCLUDES the rest of the World,
isn't
>>> it.....?   <BIG GRIN>
>>>
>>
>> In the Americans' defense, baseball's "World Series" was named after 
>> the
>> sponsoring newspaper, the New York World, that originated it.
>>