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Taiwan Announces Preliminary Roster For 2009 World Baseball Classic

Taiwan Announces Preliminary Roster For 2009 World Baseball Classic

Monday, January 5, 2009 23:57

TAIWAN - Taiwan, which will be looking to advance to the top eight in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, has released the preliminary selection of players for the tournament. The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) announced a list ...

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Sinon Bulls Adds Top Slugger In Chinese Professional Baseball League Special Draft

Sinon Bulls Adds Top Slugger In Chinese Professional Baseball League Special Draft

Saturday, January 3, 2009 2:38

TAIWAN - The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) recently held its 2008 New Player Draft which also included a Special Draft for players from the disbanded dmedia T-Rex and Chinatrust Whales franchises. SPECIAL DRAFT The Sinon Bulls used the top pick to ...

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Japanese Baseball Legend Postpones Trip To Taiwan

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 23:51

TAIWAN - The legendary Sadaharu Oh, the Japanese home-run king of baseball, yesterday canceled his plans to visit Taiwan, due to the death of his older brother. Oh was scheduled to arrive in Taiwan yesterday evening, but called off the trip after learning that his brother, older by 10 years, had ...

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Taiwan Baseball To Get Help From Government

Monday, December 1, 2008 22:03

TAIWAN - Premier Liu Chao-shiuan pledged recently to pool resources of all government units to push for the successful development of professional baseball in Taiwan. Liu made the promise in response to a suggestion by the Taiwan-born New York Yankees starter, Chien-Ming Wang, who was selected as one of the 10 ...

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Chinatrust Whales Calls It Quits In Scandal-Ridden Taiwan League

Chinatrust Whales Calls It Quits In Scandal-Ridden Taiwan League

Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:36

TAIWAN - The slow demise of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) continued on Tuesday as [caption id="attachment_2767" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Chinatrust Whales Team Executives Hold Press Conference To Announce Their Decision To Disband CPBL Franchise."]...

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Chinese Professional Baseball League Award Winners

Chinese Professional Baseball League Award Winners

Saturday, November 8, 2008 13:08

TAIWAN - La New Bears ace Mike Johnson was named the 2008 Most Valuable Player in the Chinese Professional Baseball League while Brother Elephants hurler, Yu-Cheng Liao, claimed Most Improved Player honors while also winning the ERA title. Chi-Wei Lin ...

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Luther Hackman Pitchers Uni-President Lions To Taiwan Series Crown

Saturday, November 8, 2008 12:38

TAIWAN - Luther Hackman tossed a complete game shutout and the Uni-President Lions blanked the Brother Elephants, 4-0, to win the Taiwan Series on Sunday in front of 12,000 fans to capture the Chinese Professional Baseball League Championship. Hackman turned in his second dominant outing going the distance while limiting the ...

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