http://taiwanjournal.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?CtNode=122&xItem=23699

Fixing Taiwan baseball

Publication Date：01/12/2007 Section：Issues
By Lisa Liang

Talented players from Taiwan have gone on to successful careers abroad. Back
home, the industry stagnates, hindered by scandals and lack of representation
for players. Taiwan Journal staff writer Lisa Liang takes a swing at
unraveling the issue.

The entire game was at stake. Chinese Taipei was down one run with two men on
base at the bottom of the ninth inning. Suddenly, Lin Chih-sheng (林智盛),
who
was hitless in his previous four at-bats, sliced a groundball past shortstop
into left field off Japanese pitcher Takasaki Kentaro, bringing home the
tying
and winning runs. The Taiwanese contingent in the crowd went wild as their
national team defeated Japan 8-7, leading Taiwan to a gold medal in baseball
at the Asian Games for the first time.