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Originally Posted by nickh
To answer your question on the hamburger.
In the 1600s - Ships from the German port of Hamburg, Germany began calling on Russian port. During this period the Russian steak tartare was brought back to Germany and called "tartare steak."
18th and 19th Centuries
Hamburg Steak
In the late eighteenth century, the largest ports in Europe were in Germany. Sailors who had visited the ports of Hamburg, Germany and New York, brought this food and term "Hamburg Steak" into popular usage. To attract German sailors, eating stands along the New York city harbor offered "steak cooked in the Hamburg style.
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Whoa...
Didn't know that, thanks for the fun fact
In all seriousness though, I'd love to see the MLB open up and do a worldwide thing. It would be so awesome. But, how would they have time for this? There could never truly be a 'world series'. Think about it, by the time baseball is done here in the states, there are only a few months before it all starts over again.