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{{Short description|Top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan}}
{{About|the professional baseball league in Taiwan|the baseball league in China|China National Baseball League}}

{{Infobox sports league
| title           = Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL)
| logo            = Chinese Professional Baseball League.svg
| pixels          = 260px
| caption         = 
| founded         = 1989
| sport           = Baseball
| commissioner    = [[Tsai Chi-chang]]
| country         = [[Taiwan]]
| continent       = Asia
| teams           = [[#Current clubs|6]]
| levels          = 1
| champion        = [[CTBC Brothers]] (10th title)
| champ_season    = [[2024 Chinese Professional Baseball League season|2024]]
| most_champs     = [[CTBC Brothers]]<br />{{nowrap|[[Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions]]}}<br />(both 10 titles)
| qualification   = [[Asia Series]] (2005–2013)
| website         = [https://en.cpbl.com.tw/ cpbl.com.tw]
| TV              = CPBL TV (via Hami Video)<br />{{ill|ELTA (Taiwan)|lt=ELTA Sports|zh|愛爾達電視}}<br />[[Videoland Television Network]]<br />[[DAZN]]<br />MOMOTV
| current_season  = 2025 Chinese Professional Baseball League season
}}

[[Image:Taichungstadium01.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Taichung Intercontinental Stadium.]]

The '''Chinese Professional Baseball League''' ('''CPBL'''; {{zh|c=中華職業棒球大聯盟|p=Zhōnghuá Zhíyè Bàngqiú Dàliánméng}}) is the top-tier professional [[baseball]] league in [[Taiwan]]. The league was established in 1989 and played the first season in 1990.<ref>[http://www.cpbl.com.tw/html/english/cpbl.asp Intro of CPBL] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316075320/http://www.cpbl.com.tw/html/english/cpbl.asp |date=2009-03-16 }}</ref> CPBL eventually absorbed the competing [[Taiwan Major League]] in 2003. As of the 2024 season, the CPBL consists of six organizations, all of which have teams in the main league and farm league.

The CPBL consists of Major ({{zh|c=一軍|l=first/primary corps}}) and, since 2006, Minor ({{zh|c=二軍|l=second/reserve corps}}) leagues, with the Minor league team rosters consist of developmental and injury-recovering players.

CPBL TV is CPBL's official paid live-streaming and video-on-demand platform. It receives signals from each team's broadcasting partners and is available worldwide.

==History==
Baseball was first introduced to Taiwan during [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Japanese rule]], and gained popularity when the national little league baseball teams won numerous [[Little League World Series]] championships in the 1970s and 1980s. The [[Chinese Taipei national baseball team|national baseball team]] also performed exceptionally well in many international competitions.<ref name="cpbltt"/> However, the development of baseball in Taiwan was limited due to the lack of a professional league, and therefore many players were reluctant to commit to the sport.

The idea of forming a professional baseball league in Taiwan was first suggested by local [[Brother Elephants|Brother Hotel]]'s chairman Hung Teng-sheng (洪騰勝).<ref name="cpbltt">{{cite news |author1=Han Cheung |title=Taiwan in Time: The beleaguered big league |url=https://taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2022/03/13/2003774679 |access-date=13 March 2022 |work=Taipei Times |date=13 March 2022}}</ref> He formed his amateur Brother Hotel baseball team in 1984, and intended to professionalize his team and form a professional league within a few years. Throughout 1988 and 1989, Hung visited numerous Taiwanese businesses, trying to convince them to form professional baseball clubs. Most of his requests were rejected, but [[Wei Chuan Dragons|Wei Chuan Corporation]], [[Mercuries Tigers|Mercuries Chain Stores]], and [[Uni-President Corporation]] all supported the idea and formed teams. The Chinese Professional Baseball League was established on October 23, 1989, with Hung Teng-sheng acting as secretary-general. Because of his contribution to professional baseball in Taiwan, Hung is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the CPBL."<ref name="cpbltt"/> Chung Meng-shun (鍾孟舜) designed every original logo of the four founding teams.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wu|first1=Po-hsuan|last2=Chin|first2=Jonathan|title=Baseball artist's can-do attitude a hit|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/10/28/2003631128|access-date=28 October 2015|work=Taipei Times|date=28 October 2015}}</ref>

===Expansions in the 1990s===
With the popularity rise in the first few years, the [[Jungo Bears]] and [[China Times Eagles]] joined in 1993. The [[Koos Group Whales]] joined in 1997.
The league consisted of seven teams in the 1997 season which is the maximum in CPBL history.

===Game-fixing scandals and decline in popularity===
The Black Eagles Incident in 1997 resulted in a major popularity decline. The [[China Times Eagles]] became defunct after the 1997 season. The [[Wei Chuan Dragons]] and [[Mercuries Tigers]] also became defunct after the 1999 season, prior to which the Dragons had won all championships from 1997 to 1999.

===Merger with Taiwan Major League===
{{Main|Taiwan Major League}}

In 1997, the newly founded [[Taiwan Major League]] began to compete with the CPBL. The two leagues were often competing with each other, but eventually, the TML merged with the CPBL.

=== Recent expansions===
In May 2019, Commissioner [[John Wu (politician)|John Wu]] announced that CPBL had reached agreement with [[Ting Hsin International Group]] to join the league by reactivating a former team, the [[Wei Chuan Dragons]]. The Dragons participated in the minor league in 2020, and returned to the major league in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.cpbl.com.tw/eng/structures/1/ |title = Active Clubs |date = 10 April 2020 |publisher = CPBL |language = zh-tw |access-date = 11 April 2020 }}</ref>

After [[Tsai Chi-chang]] became commissioner in 2021, he proposed that [[Kaohsiung]] serve as the location for a new team since it was the only [[Special municipality (Taiwan)|major city]] in Taiwan without a CPBL team at the time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.setn.com/news.aspx?newsid=870810 |title=目標促成第6隊！蔡其昌接中職會長後 將拜訪高雄陳其邁|date=24 December 2020|agency=[[SET News]]|access-date=27 February 2022|language=zh-tw}}</ref> In February 2022, Tsai announced that the sixth team would either be formed by [[Chunghwa Telecom]] or [[Taiwan Steel Group]]. It was later announced that the expansion team would be by Taiwan Steel Group. The proposed team name is [[TSG Hawks]], and their home field would be [[Chengcing Lake Baseball Stadium|Chengcing Lake Stadium]] in Kaohsiung.<ref>{{cite news |date= 25 Feb 2022|title= 台鋼雄鷹來了！第六隊橫跨棒籃足|url= https://www.nownews.com/news/5727637|language= zh-tw|access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref>

===2020 season and COVID-19===
{{see also|Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on baseball}}
Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the opening day of the [[2020 Chinese Professional Baseball League season|31st CPBL season]] on March 14 was delayed. It was originally brought earlier compared to previous seasons to accommodate the [[Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification|final qualifying tournament]] of [[2020 Summer Olympics|2021 Tokyo Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bengel |first1=Chris |title=Rakuten Monkeys will have robot mannequins dressed as fans when 2020 season begins |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/rakuten-monkeys-will-have-robot-mannequins-dressed-as-fans-when-2020-season-begins/ |access-date=11 April 2020 |agency=[[CBS Sports]] |date=7 April 2020}}</ref>

On 1 April, the CPBL announced that the season would begin from 11 April as the [[Rakuten Monkeys]] hosted the [[Chinatrust Brothers]] with the games being playing without live fans.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Armstrong |first1=Megan |title=CPBL's Rakuten Monkeys to Use Robot Mannequins as Fans Amid COVID-19 |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2885524-cpbls-rakuten-monkeys-to-use-robot-mannequins-as-fans-amid-covid-19 |access-date=11 April 2020 |agency=[[Bleacher Report]] |date=8 April 2020}}</ref> This received international coverage because other major baseball leagues such as the [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] in [[North America]], the [[Nippon Professional Baseball|NPB]] in [[Japan]], and the [[Korea Baseball Organization|KBO]] in [[South Korea]], which were still severely impacted by the virus outbreak were unable to confirm the dates of their respective season openings.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flannery |first1=Russell |title=Taiwan To Achieve Feat That Eludes U.S.: Open Baseball Season This Month |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2020/04/05/taiwan-to-achieve-goal-that-eludes-u-s-open-baseball-season-this-month/#56e9e7994292 |access-date=11 April 2020 |agency=[[Bleacher Report]] |date=5 April 2020}}</ref> The annual [[CPBL All-Star Game]] was cancelled for the first time to accommodate to the compact schedule.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.cpbl.com.tw/footer/structure.html |title = 關於中職-聯盟組織架構 |publisher = [[CPBL]] |language = zh-tw |access-date = 2020-04-11 }}</ref>

==Naming issue==
The name "Chinese Professional Baseball League" has attracted debate among Taiwanese baseball fans. Many have called to for the name of CPBL be changed, with suggestions including the replacement of “Chinese” with “Taiwan”, “Formosa” or “Chunghwa”.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ketagalanmedia.com/2021/02/12/taiwan-chinese-professional-baseball-league-should-change-its-name/ | title=Taiwan's "Chinese Professional Baseball League" Should Change Its Name | date=12 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2022/04/23/2003777085 | title=Fans urge CPBL name change to end confusion - Taipei Times | date=23 April 2022 }}</ref>

In the [[2018 Taiwanese referendum]], CPBL officials publicly rejected the proposal for Taiwan to compete as "Taiwan" instead of "[[Chinese Taipei]]" in the [[2020 Summer Olympics]], for fear that Taiwanese athletes may risk losing eligibility. The league received criticism for holding this stance while selling official merchandise that said "Team Taiwan."<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|title=反東奧正名卻出「台灣隊」商品 網友留言酸中職...|url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/2622093|work=Liberty Times|date=23 November 2018|access-date=28 December 2023|language=zh-tw}}</ref>

In April 2020, Premier [[Su Tseng-chang]] said that in order to elevate Taiwan's visibility in the world, there was a need to distinguish Taiwan from China in the naming of [[China Airlines]] and CPBL.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Liu|first=Yu-chiu|title=華航、中職正名？蘇貞昌：要讓世界看到台灣不是中國|url=https://www.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/2059674|accessdate=2020-04-14|date=2020-04-14|work=Radio Taiwan International|language=zh-TW|archive-date=2020-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128090351/https://www.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/2059674}}</ref> A [[New Power Party]] survey showed that 62% of Taiwanese people support changing the name of the league to distinguish itself from Chinese baseball and avoid confusion.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hsieh|first=Chun-lin|title=把Taiwan變大沒那麼難 時力籲中職回應正名訴求|url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/3161133|work=Liberty Times|date=11 May 2020|access-date=28 December 2023|language=zh-tw}}</ref>

In January 2021, CPBL commissioner [[Tsai Chi-chang]] agreed that spectators should be made aware that the league was being played in Taiwan and not China, but that a name change was not a top priority.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wu|first1=Cheng-hsua |title=中職／是否正名台灣聯盟？蔡其昌這樣說 |url=https://www.nownews.com/news/5168533 |website=NOWnews |publisher=今日傳媒(股)公司 |accessdate=2021-12-12 |archive-date=2021-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212174127/https://www.nownews.com/news/5168533 }}</ref>

The league naming issue, alongside the "Chinese Taipei" issue, became polemic again after Taiwan's victory at the [[2024 WBSC Premier12|2024 WBSC Premier 12]], its first international top-level title ever. During the championship game, one of players did a celebration gesturing the lack of "Taiwan" on the jersey.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg8XCgf4gis |title=Taiwan's Ongoing Identity Crisis at 2024 WBSC Premier 12 |date=2024-11-25 |last=TaiwanPlus Docs |access-date=2025-02-14 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-24 |title=Taiwan wins first gold in world-class national team level baseball - Focus Taiwan |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202411240014 |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=Focus Taiwan - CNA English News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yimou |first=Lee |last2=Blanchard |first2=Ben |date=2024-11-26 |title=President welcomes home victorious team amid surge of Taiwan pride |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/baseball/president-welcomes-home-victorious-team-amid-surge-taiwan-pride-2024-11-26/ |website=Reuters}}</ref>

==Organizations==
All teams are owned by and named after large Taiwanese corporations, a similar practice seen in Japan's [[Nippon Professional Baseball|NPB]] and South Korea's [[Korea Baseball Organization|KBO]]. Each team manages a regional market with a home city, but does not play its games exclusively in that market. Other than the home cities, regular season games are also held in [[Hsinchu]], [[Douliu Baseball Stadium|Douliu]], [[Chiayi City Municipal Baseball Stadium|Chiayi]], [[Pingtung Baseball Field|Pingtung]], [[Luodong]], [[Hualien Baseball Stadium|Hualien]], and [[Taitung City|Taitung]] with less frequency.

Each season spans from March to October, with a one-week all-star break in June or July, which separates the season into first and second half-seasons. Playoffs are held in late October or early November, with three teams competing in two rounds. A team may qualify for playoffs either by winning a half-season title, or be awarded a wild card berth by attaining the highest place in the seasonal ranks. If a team wins a half-season title, it will not be considered in the seasonal ranks when the winner of the wild card is being decided. If both half seasons were won by the same team, another wild card berth will be given through the same mechanism after the first berth has been awarded

Between 2005 and 2013, the champion team will represent Taiwan in the [[Asia Series]] to compete with other champion teams from [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] ([[Japan Series]]), [[KBO League]] ([[Korean Series]]), [[Australian Baseball League]] ([[Claxton Shield]]), and the [[WBSC Europe]] ([[European Champion Cup Final Four|European Champion Cup]]).

===Foreign players===
A typical salary for a foreign player is in between 35,000 and 60,000 [[United States dollar|USD]], these positions are normally filled by AA, AAA, or Japanese minor leaguers. The number of foreign players allowed on a team's roster is limited to four. Of the four players only three are allowed to be activated on the major league roster, the remaining foreign player can practice and prepare with the team or play in the minors. A foreign player, once sent to the minor league team, must wait a week before being allowed to be recalled to the major league.

Any foreign players who have played in the league for more than 9 years will not count towards the foreign players limit on the roster. Furthermore, any foreign nationals who have lived in Taiwan for 3+ years during grade 7-12, 4+ years during college, or have lived in Taiwan for 5+ years while participating in amateur league for 3+ years, are eligible to enter the draft as indigenous players and, likewise, are not counted towards foreign players limit for the team.

Foreign players, from regions other than Japan and South Korea, are given Chinese [[epithet]]s to increase familiarity with Taiwanese fans. These epithets, usually two to three characters in length, are generally loose [[transliteration]]s of the players' names and are generally chosen as terms meant to convey strength or might. One example is [[Jeff Andra]], whose epithet is ''Feiyong'' (飛勇) — meaning, literally, a flying brave man. Recently however, most foreign players are just simply given a direct Chinese [[transcription (linguistics)|transcription]]. Some players (mostly foreign players) have now adopted the custom in the rest of the world by placing their surnames on the back of their jerseys using the [[Latin alphabet]]. Some teams now have adopted Latin alphabet jerseys, a trend that has picked up in recent years. The [[Fubon Guardians]] only have uniforms with such, and the other teams are adopting such jerseys on occasion.

===Current clubs===
{{Location map+|Taiwan|float=right|width=350|caption=Location of the member organisations|places=
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{{Location map~|Taiwan|label=[[Rakuten Monkeys|Monkeys]]|lat=25.00|long=121.20|mark=Red pog.svg|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Taiwan|label=[[CTBC Brothers|Brothers]]|lat=24.2|long=120.68|mark=Yellow pog.svg|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Taiwan|label=[[Fubon Guardians|Guardians]]|lat=25.033333
|long= 121.45|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Taiwan|label=[[TSG Hawks|Hawks]]|lat=22.65|long=120.35|mark=Green pog.svg|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Taiwan|label=[[Wei Chuan Dragons|Dragons]]|lat=25.113056|long=121.533056
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{|class=wikitable
!Logo
!Club
!Chinese Name
!Location
!Stadium
!Capacity
!Founded
!Joined
|-
|
|'''[[CTBC Brothers]]'''
|中信兄弟
|[[Taichung|Taichung City]]
|[[Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium]]
|style="text-align:right;"|20,000
|1984
|1990
|-
|[[File:Fubon Guardians insignia.svg|frameless|70x70px]]
|'''[[Fubon Guardians]]'''
|富邦悍將
|[[New Taipei City]]
|[[Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium]]
|style="text-align:right;"|12,500
|1989
|1993
|-
|[[File:Rakuten R logo.svg|frameless|70x70px]]
|'''[[Rakuten Monkeys]]'''
|樂天桃猿
|[[Taoyuan, Taiwan|Taoyuan City]]
|[[Rakuten Taoyuan Baseball Stadium]]
|style="text-align:right;"|20,000
|2003
|2003
|-
|
|'''[[TSG Hawks]]'''
|台鋼雄鷹
|[[Kaohsiung|Kaohsiung City]]
|[[Chengcing Lake Baseball Stadium]]
|style="text-align:right;"|20,000
|2022
|2023
|-
|[[File:Uni Lions Caplogo.png|frameless|70x70px]]
|'''[[Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions]]'''
|統一7-ᴇʟᴇᴠᴇn獅
|[[Tainan|Tainan City]]
|[[Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium]]
|style="text-align:right;"|12,000
|1989
|1990
|-
|
|'''[[Wei Chuan Dragons]]'''
|味全龍
|[[Taipei|Taipei City]]
|[[Tianmu Baseball Stadium]]
|style="text-align:right;"|10,000
|1988<br />2019 (refounded)
|1990–1999<br />2020 (reactivated)
|-
|}

=== Defunct clubs ===
* [[China Times Eagles]] (時報鷹) (1993–1997)
* [[Chinatrust Whales]] (中信鯨) (1997–2008)
* Macoto Cobras / [[dmedia T-REX]] (米迪亞暴龍) (2003–2008)
* [[Mercuries Tigers]] (三商虎) (1990–1999)

===Minor League===
The CPBL Minor League took shape in late 2003 as a result of cooperation with [[Chinese Taipei Baseball Association]]. [[Alternative civilian service|Alternative service]] draftees, players deemed eligible to complete their national service obligation in the field of baseball, were sent to the CPBL member organizations to fill their roster. There are currently 6 minor league teams, each plays about 80 games annually. Similar to the [[Nippon Professional Baseball|NPB]]'s minor leagues, the minor league teams are each owned by CPBL member clubs as reserve teams rather than independent organizations.

== Champions ==
{{Main|Taiwan Series}}

Titles by teams as of the end of the 2024 CPBL season:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width=300|Team
! width=100|Titles
! width=100|Runners-up
|-
| [[CTBC Brothers]]
| {{center|10}}
| {{center|8}}
|-
| [[Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions]]
| {{center|10}}
| {{center|8}}
|-
| [[Rakuten Monkeys]]
| {{center|7}}
| {{center|4}}
|-
| [[Wei Chuan Dragons]]
| {{center|5}}
| {{center|2}}
|-
| [[Fubon Guardians]]
| {{center|3}}
| {{center|5}}
|-
| [[Chinatrust Whales]] {{small|(defunct)}}
| {{center|0}}
| {{center|2}}
|-
| [[China Times Eagles]] {{small|(defunct)}}
| {{center|0}}
| {{center|1}}
|-
| [[dmedia T-REX|Macoto Cobras]] {{small|(defunct)}}
| {{center|0}}
| {{center|1}}
|-
| [[Mercuries Tigers]] {{small|(defunct)}}
| {{center|0}}
| {{center|1}}
|-
|}

The Taiwan Series was not held in 1992, 1994 and 1995 because the Brother Elephants and the Uni-President Lions had won the titles by virtue of winning both half-seasons.

==All-star game==
{{Main|Chinese Professional Baseball League All-Star Game{{!}}CPBL All-Star Game}}
An all-star game has been held since 1990. 

=== Home Run Derby ===
{{Main|CPBL Home Run Derby}}
A [[home run derby]] has been held since 1992. It is usually held the day before the all-star game. The most recent winner is [[Steven Moya]] of the [[TSG Hawks]], in 2024.

==Awards==
{{See also|Baseball awards#Taiwan (Republic of China)}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
;Overall
* [[List of CPBL MVP of the Year Award|CPBL MVP of the Year Award]]
* [[CPBL Rookie of the Year Award]]
* [[List of CPBL Manager of the Year Award|CPBL Manager of the Year Award]]
* [[List of CPBL Most Progressive Awards|CPBL Most Progressive Award]]
{{col-break}}
;Pitching
* [[List of CPBL wins champions|CPBL wins champion]]
* [[List of CPBL ERA champions|CPBL ERA champion]]
* [[List of CPBL strikeout champions|CPBL strikeout champion]]
* [[List of CPBL holds champions|CPBL holds champion]]
* [[List of CPBL saves champions|CPBL saves champion]]
{{col-break}}
;Batting
* [[List of CPBL batting champions|CPBL batting champion]]
* [[List of CPBL home run champions|CPBL home run champion]]
* [[List of CPBL RBI champions|CPBL RBI champion]]
* [[List of CPBL hits champions|CPBL hits champion]]
* [[List of CPBL stolen bases champions|CPBL stolen bases champion]]
{{col-end}}

==Culture==
{{Unreferenced section|date=May 2013}}

[[Thundersticks|Cheersticks]] are a pair of plastic sticks, often seen at baseball games in Taiwan. They are banged together to make noise and to cheer on players.

===Colors of cheersticks in the CPBL===
*[[CTBC Brothers]]: Yellow
*[[TSG Hawks]]: Green
*[[Rakuten Monkeys]]: Maroon
*[[Fubon Guardians]]: Aquamarine
*[[Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions|Uni-President Lions and Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions]]: Green at the beginning, then changed to orange and green, and all orange now.
*[[Wei Chuan Dragons]]: Red

==== Former Teams ====
*[[Fubon Guardians|Jungo Bears, Sinon Bears and Sinon Bulls]]: Light green
*[[Chinatrust Whales|Koos Group Whales and Chinatrust Whales]]: Green and white at the beginning, then changed to blue, then all white.
*[[dmedia T-REX|Macoto Gida, Macoto Cobras and dmedia T-REX]]: Red at the beginning, then changed to orange and black, then red and black.
*[[Mercuries Tigers]]: Blue
*[[China Times Eagles]]: White and black
*[[Fubon Guardians|EDA Rhinos]]: Purple

===Colors of cheersticks in the TML===
*[[Chiayi-Tainan Luka|Chianan Luka]]: Green
*[[Kaoping Fala]]: Yellow
*[[Taichung Agan]]: Blue
*[[Taipei Gida]]: Red

==See also==
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*[[Asia Series]]
*[[Chinese Taipei national baseball team]]
*[[Gambling in Taiwan]]
*[[List of professional sports leagues#Baseball|List of professional baseball leagues]]
*[[Professional baseball in Taiwan]]
*[[Sport in Taiwan]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cpbl.com.tw/ Chinese Professional Baseball League] {{in lang|zh}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090316075320/http://www.cpbl.com.tw/html/english/cpbl.asp History of the Chinese Professional Baseball League] {{in lang|en}}
* [http://baseballguru.com/andrewwong/taiwanesebaseballprimer.html Taiwanese Baseball Primer] {{in lang|en}}

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