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January 15[edit]

FIFA 100[edit]

Is there anything like the FIFA 100 but for the Baseball, Ice Hockey and Wrestling? Essentially, a list of the most famous or well known players created by an internationally recognized governing body Trade (talk) 13:53, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There seem to be quite a few Category:Lists of baseball players. 78.146.96.26 (talk) 14:12, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All of the lists seems to be either national or have little to do with fame Trade (talk) 14:17, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any sort of international governing body for those other sports? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:08, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

~~World Baseball Softball Confederation, International Ice Hockey Federation~~. Strike unwanted answer --Wrongfilter (talk) 21:34, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And how many American fans even know that such organizations exist, let alone care about what they have to say? --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 15:00, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And what does that say about American fans? --Wrongfilter (talk) 15:28, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That we don't care about those organizations. And why should we? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:45, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was you who asked whether such organisations exist. They do. Deal with it. And who said anything about America anyway? --Wrongfilter (talk) 21:24, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You did. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:47, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Khadjida did. --Wrongfilter (talk) 08:58, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It says that American fans tend to see such international competitions as interesting sideshows at best. MLB, the NFL, the NBA, the NHL... these are what matter to American fans, not some team from half a world away that American teams will only face (at best) once every four years and who have their best players scouted and recruited by American teams. It is a completely different model than FIFA. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 20:51, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Baseball is heavily US- and Japanese-centric, so probably no. Same sort of situation with hockey, except with Canada instead of Japan. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:18, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correction: Canada and a handful of other countries. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:48, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you google "list of 100 greatest baseball players", you'll find many articles, none of which appears to emanate from any international governing body. One list (though not 100 entries) is Major League Baseball All-Century Team. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:06, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Strictly speaking, the FIFA 100 list isn't from an international governing body either. User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 16:29, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]