Chinese Professional Baseball League
Sport	Baseball
Founded	1989
No. of teams	6
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Most recent champion(s)	La New Bears
Official website	cpbl.com.tw (Chinese)

The Chinese Professional Baseball League (Traditional Chinese: 中華職業棒球大聯盟) or CPBL is the professional baseball league in Taiwan. Established in 1989^[1], the first game was played by the Uni-President Lions visiting Brother Elephants's home at the Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium on March 17, 1990. In 2003, the CPBL absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League. As of 2006, the CPBL has six teams with average attendance of approximately 3,000 per game. Image File history File links Cpbllogo. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. ... See also: 1988 in sports, other events of 1989, 1990 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Darrell Waltrip won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Rusty Wallace CART Racing - season championship won by Emerson Fittipaldi Indianapolis 500 - Emerson Fittipaldi Formula One Championship - Alain... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China. ... Motto none Anthem National Anthem of the Republic of China Capital Taipei (formerly and de jure Nanking) Largest city Taipei Official languages Standard Mandarin (GuóyÇ”) Government Semi-presidential system  -  President Chen Shui-bian  -  Vice President Annette Lu  -  Premier Chang Chun-hsiung Establishment Xinhai Revolution   -  Independence declared October 10, 1911... The La New Bears is a pro baseball Taiwanese team. ... Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... The sport of baseball has several professional leagues throughout the world; that is, leagues where the players are paid to play. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The Uni-President Lions (統一獅) are a professional baseball team based in Tainan, Taiwan. ... Brother Elephants (兄弟象) is a Taiwanese professional baseball team. ... Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium was a baseball park located in the Songshan District of Taipei, Taiwan. ... is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Taiwan Major League (TML 臺灣大聯盟) was a professional baseball league in Taiwan that existed from 1997 to 2003. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A aerial view of the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the 1992 Cricket World Cup final packed with 90,000 people. ...

History

Baseball in Taiwan began with the Taiwan under Japanese rule era, and the Taiwan national baseball teams won numerous Little League World Series championships in the 1970s and 1980s, plus the bronze medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics. However, there were no local professional teams. A view of the playing field at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. ... The Japanese colonial period, Japanese rule or the Japanese occupation[1], in the context of Taiwans history, refers to the period between 1895 and 1945 during which Taiwan was a Japanese colony. ... The Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) national baseball team is the national team of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and competes internationally under the name Chinese Taipei. ... Logo of Little League The Little League World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 11, 12 and in limited circumstances, 13. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests (typically athletics competitions) such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. ... Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport for the sixth time, and it was the first time that the sport had been played in an Olympic tournament in the United States. ... The sport of baseball has several professional leagues throughout the world; that is, leagues where the players are paid to play. ...

The idea to form a professional baseball league in Taiwan was first suggested and realized by local Brother Hotel's chairman Teng-Sheng Hung(洪騰勝). He formed his amateur Brother Hotel baseball team in 1984 and decided to professionalize this team in 1987. However he needed more teams to form a league: throughout 1988 and 1989 Hung visited numerous Taiwanese businesses trying to form professional baseball clubs. Most of his requests were rejected, but Wei-Chuan, Mercuries, and Uni-President finally agreed. The Chinese Professional Baseball League was established on October 23, 1989, with Hung Teng-sheng acted as secretary-general. Hung is known as the "Father of the CPBL." Look up amateur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

Game-Fixing Scandals

Despite its young age, professional baseball in Taiwan had suffered two game-fixing scandals. Both times led to sharp decline in game attendance and broke many fans' hearts. However, many die-hard fans do not blame the players. Instead fans blame gangs and gamblers for their greed and forcing players to participate in game-fixing with violence and threats. They also blamed the police and the league for being unable to provide a safe environment for players to play in. A scandal is a widely publicized incident involving allegations of wrong-doing, disgrace, or moral outrage. ...

The August 3 Incident

The first sign of the scandals was the so-called "August 3 Incident" when a group of weapon-carrying local black gang members rushed into a Taichung hotel and threatened 5 Brother Elephant players, including then superstar Yi-Hsin Chen(陳義信), to cooperate with them and fix games for their gambling business in the evening of August 3, 1996. CPBL reported to the police immediately and these black gang members were soon seized, but rumors abounded. Taichung (Chinese: ; pinyin: Táizhōng; Wade-Giles: Tai-chung; POJ: Tâi-tiong) is a city located in west-central Taiwan with a population of just over one million people, making it the third largest city on the island, after Taipei and Kaohsiung. ... is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

The Black Eagles Incident

The rumors came true in January 1997, just before the season started: With clear evidence, prosecutors seized a chain of CPBL players — including several famous ones who won the silver medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics — for game-fixing. During the judicial process, more and more players, mostly from the China Times Eagles, were found involved in game-fixing and were expelled by CPBL. In June 1997 only two China Times Eagle Taiwanese players remained clean, and six other teams had to lend China Times Eagle players for the team to finish the season. Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests (typically athletics competitions) such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. ... Baseball had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. ... The China Times Eagles(時報鷹) was a defunct professional baseball team belonging to the Chinese Professional Baseball League(CPBL) and existed between 1993 and 1997. ...

The China Times Eagles were disbanded the next year as a result, and CPBL's average attendance declined sharply, from the peak 6,000 in 1994 to merely 1,000~1,500 in 1998. However threats remained: in August 1997 the "August 3 Incident" was replayed in Kaohsiung but with victims changed to Mercuries Tigers. In April 1999, the Wei Chuan Dragons' then manager Hsu Sheng-ming (徐生明) was attacked and wounded near his Taipei residence. Mercuries Tigers and Wei Chuan Dragons also could not survive the financial loss brought about and closed down after the 1999 season ended. The whole event was later nicknamed as "The Black Eagles Incident" due to the fact that the China Times Eagles was most seriously involved. Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Nickname: Coordinates: Country Region Southern Taiwan Capital Lingya Dist (苓雅區) Government  - Mayor Chen Chu (陳菊) Area  - City 154 km²  (59. ... The Mercuries Tigers (三商虎) was a defunct professional baseball team belonging to Taiwans Chinese Professional Baseball League(CPBL) and existed between 1990 and 1999. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... The Wei Chuan Dragons (味全龍) was a defunct Taiwanese professional baseball team from 1990 to 1999. ... For other uses, see Taipei (disambiguation). ...

The 2005 Game-Fixing Scandal

In July 2005 another gambling-related scandal erupted when local Next Magazine published a story which photographed Chinatrust Whales Australian pitcher Brad Purcell (柏德) showing up at a Taipei lounge bar along with several local black gang members. This report further pointed out several suspicious games in May and June 2005, and listed nearly 10 players involved, mostly international. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Next Magazine may refer to: Next Magazine (Hong Kong) Next Magazine (New York City) ... Chinatrust Whales(中信鯨) is a Taiwanese professional baseball team. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Taipei (disambiguation). ...

Local prosecutor Wei-Yueh Hsu (徐維嶽) took up the case and imprisoned La New Bears catcher Chao-Ying Chen (陳昭穎) and Macoto Cobras coach Sheng-Fong Tsai(蔡生豐) on July 27, both of whom were immediately expelled. However on August 22 Hsu released the two because "they had made full confessions". Bradley Purcell himself had been fired earlier by Chinatrust Whales and left Taiwan in advance before the judicial action started. The La New Bears is a pro baseball Taiwanese team. ... The position of the catcher Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in cricket. ... Owned by the Shin Kong Financial Holding Co. ... is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Hsu Wei-yueh later summoned a total of near 15 players (including Sinon Bulls American pitcher Jeff Andra (飛勇), La New Bears Puerto Rican infielder Victor Rodriguez (羅德里茲) and Chinatrust Whales Dominican pitcher Emiliano Giron (吉龍)) from 4 CPBL teams(minus Brother Elephants and Uni-President Lions) and claimed they were implicated. None of them admitted the guilt but Wei-Yueh Hsu still ruled that most of them needed bail worth NT$ 100,000 to be released. CPBL immediately expelled those players who needed to post bail. The real situation remains unknown so far, but with the recent lack of investigative advances and indictments--not to mention the fact that Wei-Yueh Hsu himself was later involved in other bribe-accepting scandals, which led to his suspension and imprisonment since September 2005--there is growing suspicion about the truthfulness of these judicial actions. The Sinon Bulls (興農牛) are one of six teams in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... An infielder is a baseball player who plays on the infield, the dirt portion of a baseball diamond between first base and third base. ... Chinatrust Whales(中信鯨) is a Taiwanese professional baseball team. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... The New Taiwan Dollar (新臺幣 or 新台幣; ISO 4217 code TWD; common abbreviation NT$), or simply Taiwan Dollar, is the currency of the Republic of China (on Taiwan). ...

Taiwan Major League

Main article: Taiwan Major League

The CPBL faced a competing league in 1997 when the Taiwan Major League was founded. After running at a loss, the CPBL absorbed the TML in 2003, adding two teams. The Taiwan Major League (TML 臺灣大聯盟) was a professional baseball league in Taiwan that existed from 1997 to 2003. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... The Taiwan Major League (TML 臺灣大聯盟) was a professional baseball league in Taiwan that existed from 1997 to 2003. ...

Organization

Teams are owned and named after large Taiwanese companies, as in Japan's NPB or in South Korea's KBO. Each team manages a regional market, with a home city, but does not play its games exclusively in that market. Besides these home cities, regular games are also held in Hsinchu, Douliou at Douliou Baseball Stadium, Chiayi at Chiayi Baseball Field, Pingtung at Pingtung Baseball Field, Luodong, Hualien and Taitung with less frequency. NPB can refer to: The National Printing Bureau The National Printing Bureau of Japan A Japanese baseball league The National Parole Board of Canada The Nederlandse Padvinders Bond (Netherlands Pathfinder Federation), one of the Scouting organisiations that evolved into the national Scouting organisation of the Netherlands. ... KBO has at least two possible meanings: Kuiper Belt Object - see Kuiper belt Korean Baseball Organization This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The main landmark of Hsinchu is its East Gate. ... Douliou City (斗六市) is the capital of Yunlin County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. ... Douliou Baseball Stadiumis a multi-use stadium in Douliou City, Taiwan. ... Chiayi City (Chinese: 嘉義市; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: chia-yi shih; Taiwanese: Ka-gÄ« chhÄ«) is a provincial city in Southwestern Taiwan. ... Chiayi Baseball Field(嘉義市立棒球場) is a multi-use stadium in Chiayi, Taiwan. ... Pingtung City (屏東市) is the capital of Pingtung County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. ... Pingtung Baseball Fieldis a multi-use stadium in Pingtung City, Taiwan. ... Luodong (Chinese: ; pinyin: luo2dong1) is an urban township in the central part of Yilan County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. ... Hualien City (Traditional Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hua-lien shih; POJ: Hoa-liân-chhÄ«) is the capital of Hualien County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. ... Taitung City (台東市, Taiwanese POJ: Tâi-tang-chhī) is the capital of Taitung County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. ...

Each year the season spans from March to October, with a one-week all-star break in June or July, which separates the season into upper and lower halves. Championship series are held in late October or early November: before 2004 the 2 teams with highest winning percentage separately in the upper and lower halves would compete in the championship series. If the same team won both halves, this team was awarded a direct championship. Since 2005 the championship rules changed:

• If the two half-season champions are different teams:

Round 1: The half-season champion with the higher winning percentage receives a bye in the first round. The team with the highest winning percentage, not including either half-season champion, receives a wild card, and plays the other half-season champion. The team that wins the best-of-five series advances.

Round 2: The winner of Round 1 plays against the remaining half-season champion. The team that wins the best-of-seven series is awarded the overall championship.

• If both half-seasons are won by the same team:

Round 1: The team with the second-highest winning percentage plays the team with the third-highest winning percentage. The team that wins the best-of-five series advances.

Round 2: Round 1's winner plays against the team that won both half-seasons. The latter team receives a one-game lead prior to the best-of-seven series as a reward for winning both half-seasons. The winner of the series is then awarded the overall championship.

In 1998 and 1999 the CPBL ever experimented another set of championship rules in which the season was not halved, and the 2nd and 3rd annual most winning teams competed under the "2 wins out of at most 3 games" rule to qualify for the final championship series with the annual most winning team. Although such system was short-lived in CPBL, the TML later adopted it throughout its history. In North American professional sports leagues, the term wild card refers to a team that qualifies for the championship playoffs without winning their specific subdivision (usually called a conference or division) outright. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...

Also since 2005 the champion team will represent Taiwan in the Asia Series to compete with other champion teams from Japan, South Korea and China's professional baseball leagues. The Asia Series is the championship tournament of Baseball in Asia. ...

International Players

A typical monthly salary for an international player is in the US$ 5,000-12,000 range, which is competitive with A, AA, or even low level AAA minor league salaries. This has attracted North American, Caribbean, Australian as well as Japanese and South Korean players. These players contributed to a relatively high level of baseball, but many people criticized that hiring so many international players hindered the growth of local players. In response to the criticisms, the CPBL now limits the number of international players who may play for each team to 4 per team, 3 on the major league team and 1 on the minor; an international player, once sent to the minor league team, must wait 14 days before being allowed to be sent back to the major league. Before the 2006 season, in light of the rumored involvement of international players in recent scandals, the CPBL considered reducing the limit to 2 per team, but decided against it. United States one-dollar bill Canadian one-dollar coin (Loonie) One New Taiwan dollar Australian one-dollar coin 500 old Zimbabwean dollars The dollar (often represented by the dollar sign: $) is the name of the official currency in several countries, dependencies and other regions. ... North America North America is a continent [1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... “West Indian” redirects here. ... Motto None (Unofficial: Broadly benefit humankind also translated as Devotion to the welfare of humanity) Anthem Aegukga Patriotic Hymn Capital (and largest city) Seoul Official languages Korean Government Presidential republic  -  President Roh Moo-hyun  -  Prime Minister Han Duck-soo Establishment  -  Independence declared March 1, 1919 (de jure)   -  Liberation August 15... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

International players (other than Japanese and Korean players, whose names are already written in Chinese characters) are given Chinese epithets, usually two to three characters in length, to increase familiarity with Taiwanese fans. These epithets are generally loose transliterations 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. (La New Bears appears to buck this trend; their foreign players' epithets are generally simple transliterations.) Linguistics An epithet (Greek epitheton) is a descriptive word or phrase, often metaphoric, that is essentially a reduced or condensed appositive. ... Transliteration in a narrow sense is a mapping from one script into another script. ...

Current Teams

• Brother Elephants (兄弟象) -- Taipei (since 1990)
• Chinatrust Whales (中信鯨) -- Taipei County (since 1997)
• La New Bears (La New 熊) -- Kaohsiung (former First Financial Holdings Agan (第一金剛) in 2003, La New Bears since 2004)
• Macoto Cobras (誠泰COBRAS) -- Taipei County (former Macoto Gida (誠泰太陽) in 2003, Macoto Cobras since 2004)
• Sinon Bulls (興農牛) -- Taichung (former Jungo Bears (俊國熊) 1993~95, Sinon Bears (興農熊) in upper 1996, Sinon Bulls since lower 1996)
• Uni-President Lions (統一獅) -- Tainan (since 1990)

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Defunct Teams

• China Times Eagles (時報鷹) (1993~97)
• Mercuries Tigers (三商虎) (1990~99)
• Wei Chuan Dragons (味全龍) (1990~99)

The China Times Eagles(時報鷹) was a defunct professional baseball team belonging to the Chinese Professional Baseball League(CPBL) and existed between 1993 and 1997. ... The Mercuries Tigers (三商虎) was a defunct professional baseball team belonging to Taiwans Chinese Professional Baseball League(CPBL) and existed between 1990 and 1999. ... The Wei Chuan Dragons (味全龍) was a defunct Taiwanese professional baseball team from 1990 to 1999. ...

Championship by season

Main article: Taiwan Series

• 1990: Wei Chuan Dragons defeated Mercuries Tigers, 4-2
• 1991: Uni-President Lions defeated Wei Chuan Dragons, 4-3
• 1992: Brother Elephants (by winning both half-seasons)
• 1993: Brother Elephants defeated Uni-President Lions, 4-2
• 1994: Brother Elephants (by winning both half-seasons)
• 1995: Uni-President Lions (by winning both half-seasons)
• 1996: Uni-President Lions defeated Wei Chuan Dragons, 4-2
• 1997: Wei Chuan Dragons defeated Chinatimes Eagles, 4-2
• 1998: Wei Chuan Dragons defeated Sinon Bulls, 4-3
• 1999: Wei Chuan Dragons defeated Chinatrust Whales, 4-1
• 2000: Uni-President Lions defeated Sinon Bulls, 4-3
• 2001: Brother Elephants defeated Uni-President Lions, 4-3
• 2002: Brother Elephants defeated Chinatrust Whales, 4-0
• 2003: Brother Elephants defeated Sinon Bulls, 4-2
• 2004: Sinon Bulls defeated Uni-President Lions, 4-3
• 2005: Sinon Bulls defeated Macoto Cobras, 4-0
• 2006: La New Bears defeated Uni-President Lions, 4-0

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See Also

• Taiwan Series
• Konami Cup Asia Series
• Taiwan baseball team
• 2006 Chinese Professional Baseball League Playoffs
• CPBL All-Star Game
• Taiwan Major League
• Professional baseball in Taiwan
• Professional baseball in Japan

Taiwan Series is the championship series of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. ... The Konami Cup Asia Series is an international baseball tournament in Asia that was first held between November 10 and November 13, 2005, in Tokyo. ... The Chinese Taipei National Baseball Team or the Taiwan National Baseball Team (Officially: Chinese: 中華民國國家代表隊; Wade-Giles: Chung Hwa Min Kuo Kuo Chia Tai Piao Tui, commonly known as Chinese: 中華成棒代表隊; Wade-Giles: Chung Hwa Cheng Pang Tai Piao Tui) is the national representative team of the Republic of China (Taiwan). ... The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) playoffs will include the three top teams from the regular season and will crown a champion with the Taiwan Series through the month of October, 2006. ... The CPBL All-Star Game is an annual baseball game in Taiwan. ... The Taiwan Major League (TML 臺灣大聯盟) was a professional baseball league in Taiwan that existed from 1997 to 2003. ... Professional baseball was started in Taiwan by the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL 中華職業棒球聯盟) established in 1989 and the first historical game played by the Uni-President Lions visiting Brother Elephantss home at the now demolished Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium on March 17, 1990. ... It has been suggested that Japanese Baseball be merged into this article or section. ...

External links

• Chinese Professional Baseball League (in Chinese)
• History of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (in English)
• Taiwanese Baseball Primer

1. ^ Intro of CPBL