'Otani, Hyunsoo, Soto...' LAD-NYY, 'Real' World Series with Various Bloodlines
'Otani, Hyunsoo, Soto...' LAD-NYY, 'Real' World Series with Various Bloodlines
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The final round of the U.S. "Autumn Baseball" in which the American League (AL) and the National League (NL) champions will face off is called the World Series. It is different from the Korean Series or the Japanese Series, which have national titles.
There is a reason why the U.S. Major League Baseball borrowed the name "World." The world's first professional sports league, the U.S. NL, was established in 1876. However, the AL was launched against the NL in 1901.
The two leagues engaged in a fierce competition to increase attendance. Bleeding competition, such as ticket price cuts, was at the center of this. However, the two leagues soon found a 'win-win model' based on the judgment that excessive competition would not ultimately help their respective leagues operate, and the World Series was the result.
The official name of the match, which began in 1903, was "World's Championship Series", but its name was simplified to become a World Series.
The reason why the word "World" was given to the game was related to the marketing strategy of the "New York World" newspaper, which sponsored the series at the time.
New York World dominated the U.S. newspaper market with so-called yellow journalism through various scandals and murders. New York World, run by Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), who created the Pulitzer Prize, sponsored many major sports events and exclusively reported them because sports were perfect for expanding newspaper sales.
The two professional baseball leagues and the "New York World" have given the name "World" to the game, which will be held for the first time, to attract more spectators to the stadium. In short, they hoped that the World Series would be recognized by Americans as a game played by the world's best baseball teams.
Since then, a large number of descendants of European and American immigrants have participated in the "World Series" to match its name. The most representative stars are German Babe Ruth (1895-1948), Lou Gehrig (1903-1941), and Italian Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), who led the heyday of the New York Yankees.
In that sense, it is no exaggeration to say that the 2024 World Series between the New York Yankees (NYY) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (LAD), which starts on the 26th (Korea time), is the first true World Series in 121 years. Until now, the World Series has been dominated by descendants of European-American immigrants or players from Latin America, but this time there are more Asian players than any other year. 스포츠토토
The Dodgers has three players of Asian descent. First of all, it has Shohei Ohtani (30), one of the biggest MLB stars, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (26) of Japan. On top of that, Tommy Edman (29), the MVP of the NL Championship Series, is Korean by his mother. Hence, his middle name includes Korean name Hyun-soo. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts (52) is from Okinawa, Japan's main U.S. military base. He was born to a Japanese mother and an American father.