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From: lab@qubix.UUCP (Q-Bick)
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Subject: Re: World Champs??
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Date: Wed, 24-Oct-84 20:22:44 EDT
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> Martin at UCSD.
>    Would someone please explain to me how the Detroit Tigers (or any Major
> League Baseball team) can claim that they are the World Champions?
>    Unless I have been asleep for a few years I didn't see any teams
> from, say, Japan, Italy, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, etc. at the World
> Series.
>    How then, if there is no international tournament to determine the
> "world" champions, can the Tigers (or a fan of theirs) claim they are
> the best team in the world??

Put up or shut up! Find your best team anywhere and see if they can even
win THREE out of seven from the Tigers!
(BTW, the other leagues are where the washed-up or coming-back players go.)
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