Taipei Times
Date: Oct 18, 2017
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Fans and sports officials have been engaged in heated discussions amid speculation, leaks and recriminations after Brothers Baseball Club announced five star players have been dropped from the roster before playoffs begin on Friday.

The surprise development was not the happy news the Chinese Professional Baseball League wanted as its promotional machine was trying to drum up interest in post-season play, as the firestorm has engulfed the sports community and has generated a significant amount of negative coverage and rumors about players’ off-field activities.

The Brothers are scheduled to head to Tainan on Friday to face the Uni-President Lions in a first-round playoff, with the winners advancing to face the Lamigo Monkeys, whose consistently outstanding performance gave them the best record of the regular season.    [FULL  STORY]