The Gringo Series

Let’s call it de-gringo-ization, that penchant the United Statesians have for placing universal labels on things that are uniquely gringo. The first thing that comes to mind, of course, is the World Series, the annual end-of-season baseball playoff in the United States. Insofar as there are no teams from other baseball-playing countries represented–neither Japan nor, God forbid, Cuba, for example–the so-called World Series is, in fact, the Gringo Series. And we of the Rest of the World would appreciate it if the United Statesians would start calling it by its proper name.