And may indicate why things like the "world series" irritate non americans, it reminds people of what they percieve to be an the US's ignorant, self centred view of the world.
I have never had a problem with "world series" or "world champion" with a sport that is dominated by America and perhaps mainly played in America.
What about "Don Bradman" being the best batsman the world has seen. I did not see China, US etc in the ring.
What about world champion racing driver...Formula 1.....they can't even get the thing off the ground properly in the US and the US is the home of cars and hot cars. Any car racing that claims "world champion" and does not have America on boad is meaningless.