It's because the Americans were the only nation that played baseball at the time. Hence "World" series
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I thought it was from the name of a paper ( New York World ) for a long time but it was just a marketing stunt
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So, we haven’t been arrogant assholes for the last few years, it’s been going on for a while, is what you’re saying…
And lost in 7 games.... the 7th game was a mutual 17 inning perfect game where the Red Sox reached base on a passed ball strike out, advanced on a balk and then a sacrifice fly and stole home
You joke but (I'm relying from memory here so I may be a bit off) but when Sandy Koufax threw his perfect game the only run the Dodgers ended up scoring was a similar circumstance - like a walk, SB, and a error. Gotta love weird baseball!
You mean proudly "American" for over 200 years? No, actually for about the first 150 or so we were proud arrogant assholes from "State Name Here" and THEN "Americans" but we've gotten better... Sort of
Randy
We are looking out of our Overton window and watching the working class being… made love to… through a very different Overton window. Soft landing Capitalism with a few more ships in the 1930s has made the "post-war compromise" more natural and less a matter of the Great Cairo and India['s] Soldiers Parliaments. Something to think of when you fantasise about Anti-Joe in relation to Keynes.
And then some people just get no lube at all.
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Sam R.
Story 2935
Western Pacific, July 12, 1945
The navigator nodded to the chief. The older man put a trio of dice into a cup and shook it aggressively. The red dice came up even. The black dice was a five and the white dice was a two.
A moment later, the officer of the deck of the USS Los Angeles ordered a shift in the base course. Fifteen degrees to port for ten minutes. The chief would re-roll the dice for time of the corrective course to starboard in another nine minutes.
The rudder gently moved the ship to the new course. Even as she was settling on the new course, the radar room called out a new contact. It was not unexpected. The patrol squadrons based out of Guam had arranged for daily fly-overs of the lone heavy cruiser when she had pulled in for fuel a few days ago. Twenty minutes and a substantial course change later, the Privateer flew over the cruiser and then pulled away into a lazy patrol pattern well ahead of the ship.
The navigator nodded to the chief. The older man put a trio of dice into a cup and shook it aggressively. The red dice came up even. The black dice was a five and the white dice was a two.
A moment later, the officer of the deck of the USS Los Angeles ordered a shift in the base course. Fifteen degrees to port for ten minutes. The chief would re-roll the dice for time of the corrective course to starboard in another nine minutes.
The rudder gently moved the ship to the new course. Even as she was settling on the new course, the radar room called out a new contact. It was not unexpected. The patrol squadrons based out of Guam had arranged for daily fly-overs of the lone heavy cruiser when she had pulled in for fuel a few days ago. Twenty minutes and a substantial course change later, the Privateer flew over the cruiser and then pulled away into a lazy patrol pattern well ahead of the ship.
The conditions that resulted in I-58 torpedoing USS Indianapolis can't be completely averted, if she had a Destroyer Escort then that's a maybe - it depends on if she has a good sonar operator or not, if the sonar operator is good then the DE could prevent I-58 from attacking, if not, then they might get I-58 after she attacks. No Destroyer Escort means that Los Angeles is utterly boned as the heavy fog meant that I-58 fired at basically point-blank range with absolutely no hope for USS Indianapolis to dodge...
Story 2936
Singapore, July 13, 1945
MV Gorgon left the port. Her hull was deep in the water. Rubber ingots and tin ore filled her holds. Her captain was smiling. They were heading to Perth, and resuming their pre-war triangle trade between Singapore, Australia and Java.
Authors notes: Fascinating article here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0843871419900620
MV Gorgon left the port. Her hull was deep in the water. Rubber ingots and tin ore filled her holds. Her captain was smiling. They were heading to Perth, and resuming their pre-war triangle trade between Singapore, Australia and Java.
Authors notes: Fascinating article here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0843871419900620
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Story 2937
Tumangang, Korea, July 14, 1945
Half a dozen horsemen continued their patrol along the river. Across the border the Soviets were not being subtle about the road improvements. They had not been subtle about the improvements for months now. The only thing of note today was that a company of tanks were driving up and down the new road. Engineers, and likely officers, were trailing behind the small force noting where the shoulders needed to be reinforced and identifying spots where combat forces might wish to get off road and behind some of the gently rolling cover.
Three hours later, the patrol's report was being aggregated with half a dozen other reports before the new data was sent to the area army headquarters.
Half a dozen horsemen continued their patrol along the river. Across the border the Soviets were not being subtle about the road improvements. They had not been subtle about the improvements for months now. The only thing of note today was that a company of tanks were driving up and down the new road. Engineers, and likely officers, were trailing behind the small force noting where the shoulders needed to be reinforced and identifying spots where combat forces might wish to get off road and behind some of the gently rolling cover.
Three hours later, the patrol's report was being aggregated with half a dozen other reports before the new data was sent to the area army headquarters.
Story 2938
Near Prague, July 15, 1945
"JAROSCHEK, we have some new orders for you. There is an infantry battalion from the 106th Infantry Division who needs a new company commander. They had 32 days in combat, so there might be three dozen men with more than 50 points. The assignment is for a year. The division HQ is Karlsruhe and they have occupation duty for the stretch of the Rhine Valley north of Strasbourg to Karlsruhe. They need experience and they need folks who work well with the French as their occupation zone is adjacent and south of the division."
The young man suppressed a smile. He could do a year in the Rhine Valley. A year to know. A year to discover. A year to not be a warrior.
The battalion commander smiled. "You're due to report on August 15th, now get out of here, and congratulations."
"JAROSCHEK, we have some new orders for you. There is an infantry battalion from the 106th Infantry Division who needs a new company commander. They had 32 days in combat, so there might be three dozen men with more than 50 points. The assignment is for a year. The division HQ is Karlsruhe and they have occupation duty for the stretch of the Rhine Valley north of Strasbourg to Karlsruhe. They need experience and they need folks who work well with the French as their occupation zone is adjacent and south of the division."
The young man suppressed a smile. He could do a year in the Rhine Valley. A year to know. A year to discover. A year to not be a warrior.
The battalion commander smiled. "You're due to report on August 15th, now get out of here, and congratulations."
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Sounds like about to be Captain Jaroschek will be staying in, probably getting a French war bride, and having a career in the Army. He may stay in the reserves, but when Korea comes and the Cold War expansion comes he will stay Active. By the 1960s will he be commanding a Battalion in either the Fulda Gap, or Vietnam..?
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