In England, every four years we (most times) play football in a tournament known as the ‘World Cup’, and who do we come up against in that WORLD CUP? Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Cameroon, Argentina, Belgium, China, Croatia, Denmark, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ireland, Japan, Korea Republic, Mexico, Nigeria, Paraguay, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay and we even let the USA in. Yes, pretty much, THE WORLD!

And if and when we win, we know we have won The World Cup and beaten every other team in the tournament!

So tonight, the people of the United States of America, who weren’t glued to their TV sets watching either Barack Obama’s 30 minute comedy sketch, which incidentally delayed the start of The World Series, or John McCain’s interview with Larry King, were watching the World Series and they can really slap them selves on the back, because, guess what? They won!

The Philadelphia Phillies won after defeating the Tampa Bay Rays four games to one.

And the reason they won? Well in America they have an annual tournament played in October called The World Series, and who do they come up against in that, Canada and….. themselves!

The World Series is played between the champion clubs of the American League and the National League, which collectively include 29 clubs based in the United States and……. one club from Canada.

So, guess that gives them a pretty good chance of winning every year!

Isn’t that what they call a ‘slam dunk?’

ABB