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{{Infobox Taiwan Series
| image = Taiwan Series 2008.jpg
| caption = 2008 Taiwan Series logo
| country = Taiwan
| year = 2008
| champion = [[Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions]] (4)
| champion_manager = [[Lu Wen-sheng]]
| champion_games = 67-0-33, {{winpct|67|33}}
| runnerup = [[Brother Elephants]] (3)
| runnerup_manager = [[Wang Kuang-hui]]
| runnerup_games = 52-4–42, {{winpct|52|42}}
| date = October 25–November 2
| MVP = [[Luther Hackman]]
| OP = [[Pan Wei-lun]]<br>[[Wang Jin-yong]]
| MOY = [[Lu Wen-sheng]]
| television = [[Videoland Television Network]]
}}
The '''2008 Taiwan Series''' was played by the [[Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions]], team that placed first in the all-season standing, and the [[Brother Elephants]], wild card winner who advanced to Taiwan Series by defeating [[La New Bears]] in the Playoff Series. The Lions defeated the Elephants four games to three and won the title and went on to represent Taiwan in the [[2008 Asia Series]].

==Participants==
*[[Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions]] - First seed; winner of the first half-season.
*[[La New Bears]] - Second seed; winner of the second half-season.
*[[Brother Elephants]] - Third seed; wild card winner by virtue of placing third in all-season standing after the Lions and the Bears.

==Rules==
All regular season rules apply with the following exceptions:
* Each team is allowed to register 28 players on its active roster.
* No tied games.
* Two outfield umpires are added to the games.

==Summaries==
{{3TeamBracket
| RD1=Playoff Series
| RD2=Taiwan Series

| RD1-seed1=2
| RD1-team1=[[La New Bears]]
| RD1-score1=0
| RD1-seed2=3
| RD1-team2='''[[Brother Elephants]]'''
| RD1-score2=3

| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1='''[[Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions]]'''
| RD2-score1=4
| RD2-seed2=3
| RD2-team2=[[Brother Elephants]]
| RD2-score2=3
}}

===Game 1===
October 25, 2008 at [[Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium]], [[Tainan City]]
{{Linescore|
|Road='''Brother'''|RoadAbr=BRO
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=2|R5=0|R6=1|R7=2|R8=0|R9=4|RR=9|RH=15|RE=2
|Home=Uni-President 7-Eleven|HomeAbr=UNI
|H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|HR=3|HH=14|HE=1
|WP=[[Liao Yu-cheng]] (1–0)|LP=[[Luther Hackman]] (0–1)|SV=
|RoadHR=[[Wang Jin-yong]] (1)|HomeHR=
|Attendance=12,000
|}}

===Game 2===
October 26, 2008 at [[Chengcing Lake Baseball Field]], [[Niaosong]], [[Kaohsiung County]]
{{Linescore|
|Road=Brother|RoadAbr=BRO
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=3|R6=0|R7=0|R8=1|R9=0|RR=4|RH=7|RE=3
|Home='''Uni-President 7-Eleven'''|HomeAbr=UNI
|H1=3|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=2|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=5|HH=8|HE=0
|WP=[[Pan Wei-lun]] (1–0)|LP=[[Ryokan Kobayashi]] (0–1)|SV=[[Lin Yueh-ping]] (1)
|RoadHR=[[Lin Ming-hsien]] (1), [[Wang Jin-yong]] (2)|HomeHR=
|Attendance=17,523
|}}

===Game 3===
October 28, 2008 at [[Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium]], [[Taichung City]]
{{Linescore|
|Road='''Uni-President 7-Eleven'''|RoadAbr=UNI
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=2|R8=3|R9=0|RR=5|RH=6|RE=1
|Home=Brother|HomeAbr=BRO
|H1=0|H2=3|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=2|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=6|HH=8|HE=1
|WP=[[Mai Chia-je]] (1–0)|LP=[[Giancarlo Alvarado]] (0–1)|SV=[[Tsao Chun-yang]] (1)
|RoadHR=[[Tilson Brito]] (1), [[Chen Lien-hung]] (1)|HomeHR=
|Attendance=18,302
|}}

===Game 4===
October 29, 2008 at [[Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium]], [[Taipei County]]
{{Linescore|
|Road=Uni-President 7-Eleven|RoadAbr=UNI
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=4|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=2|R8=0|R9=1|RR=5|RH=7|RE=1
|Home='''Brother'''|HomeAbr=BRO
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=0|HH=4|HE=0
|WP=[[Luther Hackman]] (1–1)|LP=[[Danny Core]] (0–1)|SV=
|RoadHR=|HomeHR=
|Attendance=12,500
|}}

===Game 5===
October 30, 2008 at [[Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium]], [[Taipei County]]
{{Linescore|
|Road='''Uni-President 7-Eleven'''|RoadAbr=UNI
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=2|R8=3|R9=0|RR=5|RH=6|RE=1
|Home=Brother|HomeAbr=BRO
|H1=0|H2=3|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=2|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=6|HH=8|HE=1
|WP=[[Pan Wei-lun]] (2–0)|LP=[[Liao Yu-cheng]] (0–1)|SV=
|RoadHR=|HomeHR=
|Attendance=12,500
|}}

===Game 6===
November 1, 2008 at [[Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium]], [[Tainan City]]
{{Linescore|
|Road='''Brother'''|RoadAbr=BRO
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=5|R9=0|RR=5|RH=11|RE=0
|Home=Uni-President 7-Eleven|HomeAbr=UNI
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=0|HH=7|HE=1
|WP=[[Matt Perisho]] (1–0)|LP=[[Giancarlo Alvarado]] (0–2)|SV=
|RoadHR=[[Wang Jin-yong]] (3)|HomeHR=
|Attendance=12,000
|}}

===Game 7===
November 2, 2008 at [[Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium]], [[Tainan City]]
{{Linescore|
|Road=Brother|RoadAbr=BRO
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=4|RE=1
|Home='''Uni-President 7-Eleven'''|HomeAbr=UNI
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=2|H4=0|H5=2|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=4|HH=6|HE=1
|WP=[[Luther Hackman]] (2–1)|LP=[[Mai Chia-je]] (1–1)|SV=
|RoadHR=|HomeHR=[[Chen Lien-hung]] (2)
|Attendance=12,000
|}}

[[Category:Taiwan Series]]
[[Category:2008 in Taiwanese sport|Chinese Professional Baseball League Playoffs, 2008]]


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