Because when you win the World Series - they call you WORLD CHAMPIONS...not US Champions.
You’re asking for some sort of affirmative action league?
Baseball is an American sport and was once seen and used as a way to export AMERICAN values and traditions to other countries. Let’s hope all the Venezuelan kids that see him play want to become home run hitting capitalists!
Also worth noting there is no shortage of American players playing pro ball abroad and have been for decades.
Japan Series Most Valuable Player - not very Japanese sounding names...?
1964 — Joe Stanka, Nankai Hawks.
1980 — Jim Lyttle, Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
1985 — Randy Bass, Hanshin Tigers.
1990 — Orestes Destrade, Seibu Lions.
1995 — Tom O’Malley, Yakult Swallows.
1996 — Troy Neel, Orix BlueWave.
2016 — Brandon Laird, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Same situation basketball - lots of Americans playing abroad...arent you happy LaVon Balls kids are playing abroad and not in the US!?
Nice. /s Everybody’s got an excuse when the foreign worker benefits them. And “world” is a nice marketing label but reality is there are not non-US or Canadian teams.
Most of the US Olympic Hockey Team members play professionally in Russia, Sweden, or elsewhere in Europe.