Taipei Times
Date: Oct 27, 2016
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

The EDA Rhinos exploded for seven runs in another late charge to crush the Brothers Baseball Club 10-

1, tying the CPBL Taiwan Series at 2-2 at the Taoyuan International Stadium last night.

In an audacious decision, EDA head coach Yeh Chun-chang started rookie Huang Yi-chih on the mound in a face-off against Brothers righthander Bryan Woodall of the US.
The gamble paid off for EDA as the rookie proved his worth, turning the contest into a pitching duel after early jitters in the opening frame.

The Brothers offense scored a run on two hits and a walk in their first inning, taking a 1-0 lead after the first frame.

Helped by outstanding defense, Huang settled down and sailed through through to the fifth frame.    [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-10-24
By George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Taiwanese sisters Chan Yung-jan and Chan Hao-ching left Taiwan Monday for the

season-ending BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore, which takes place from Oct. 23 – 30.

The Chan sisters captured their 8th WTA doubles titles at the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open on Oct. 16, which they said had boosted their confidence level in the lead-up to the WTA finals.

Chan Yung-jan broadcast live on Facebook at the airport on Monday, saying it is her third time and second time in a row with her sister to be qualified for participating in the finale. Being qualified for the final eight teams is a big recognition to professional players, and the rare opportunity of being able to play with her sister again in the event makes it even more treasurable, the older sister said.

She said it was the first time for her to make a Facebook live broadcast at an airport and that she thanked for the support of their fans.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/10/24
By: Tien Yu-pin, Evelyn Kao and Romulo Huang

Taipei, Oct. 24 (CNA) Fubon Financial Holdings Co. Ltd. (富邦金控) announced on

Monday that its subsidiary Fubon Sports and Entertainment Co. has purchased the EDA Rhinos (義大犀牛), one of the four teams of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), at a price of NT$300 million (US$9.47 million) and will take over the team on Nov. 1.

The board of directors of Fubon Sports and Entertainment has formally approved the deal and the company has signed the contract with the Rhinos’ owner EDA Sports and Entertainment, Fubon Financial said in a statement.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 24, 2016
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter, in TAICHUNG

Led by talisman Peng Cheng-min’s three-run homer, the Brothers Baseball Club scored

early last night and the bullpen held firm to thrash the EDA Rhinos 9-2 and seize a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven CPBL Taiwan Series at the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium.

Going into the third inning tied at 1-1, the Brothers broke the game open when Peng drilled an offering from the Rhinos’ American pitcher Jared Landsford and deposited it in the stands over the left-field wall with two men on the bases.

The three-run shot was key to the five-run assault in the third that made it 6-1 and the Brothers rode the momentum to grab the victory in Game 2.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/10/23
By: Li Chin-wei and S.C. Chang

Taipei, Oct. 23 (CNA) Taiwan’s top tennis player Lu Yen-hsun (盧彥勳) defeated Japan’s Hiroki Moriya in

two straight sets to retain his championship title at the 2016 International Challenger Ningbo Sunday.

Lu, ranked 81st in the world in men’s singles, subdued 189th-ranked Moriya 6-3, 6-1 to retain his title in the competition in Ningbo, China, which carries a total purse of US$125,000.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 24, 2016
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter, in TAICHUNG

Led by talisman Peng Cheng-min’s three-run homer, the Brothers Baseball Club scored early last night

and the bullpen held firm to thrash the EDA Rhinos 9-2 and seize a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven CPBL Taiwan Series at the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium.

Going into the third inning tied at 1-1, the Brothers broke the game open when Peng drilled an offering from the Rhinos’ American pitcher Jared Landsford and deposited it in the stands over the left-field wall with two men on the bases.

The three-run shot was key to the five-run assault in the third that made it 6-1 and the Brothers rode the momentum to grab the victory in Game 2.

Unlike Game 1, the Rhinos could not muster a rally in the later innings and they fell to their second straight defeat.

The contest began with Brothers right-hander Nathan Long battling against his compatriot Lansford, the son of Carney Lansford, the former Oakland A’s star and World Series winner in 1989.    [FULL  STORY]

The China Post
Date: October 24, 2016
By: Joseph Yeh

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Like most longtime baseball fans in Taiwan, I vividly remember Nov. 18, 2001 as if it

were yesterday.

That was the day I joined tens of thousands of people in an impromptu victory parade in front of Taipei’s Tianmu stadium after Taiwan beat Japan in a 3-0 shutout victory to claim third in the Baseball World Cup.

No. 3 — Taiwan’s best performance in the event since 1988 — was seen as a turning point in modern Taiwan baseball history, as it rekindled the fervor and passion of local fans who had lost faith in a sport plagued with gambling and match-fixing scandals.

The squad’s success was a major boost to local baseball.

Immediately after the conclusion of the tournament, the 2002 local Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL, 中華職棒) saw a 70-percent jump in attendance.

The shutout victory — rare for Taiwan against much-stronger Japan — was largely thanks to the near-perfect outing of starting pitcher Chang Chih-chia (張誌家), who later gained fame as a starter for the Seibu Lions in Japan before he left baseball forever in disgrace due to his involvement in game-throwing.    [FULL  STORY]

NO ORDINARY SEASON:The Cubs led the majors and won the NL Central title before coming face-to-face with the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 23, 2016
By: AP, CHICAGO

All that is left for the Chicago Cubs to do is make history.

The Cubs returned home to Wrigley Field with a 3-2 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series and were yesterday ready for their opportunity to end a more than seven-decade wait to return to the World Series.

“We’re not going to run away from anything,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “It’s within our reach right now. But I do want us to go after it as though it’s, again, hate to say it, but Saturday. Let’s just go play our Saturday game and see how it falls.”

For a franchise defined more by heartbreak and losing, yesterday was to be no ordinary Saturday. Then again, this has been no ordinary baseball season.    [FULL  STORY]

The China Post
Date: October 23, 2016
By: The China Post news staff

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Chinatrust Brothers beat the EDA Rhinos 8-7 in the first game of the Chinese

Professional Baseball League playoffs in Taichung on Saturday.

Thirty-eight-year-old Brothers batter Peng Cheng-min, playing in his 47th playoff game, put in an impressive performance, making three hits in front of 20,000 fans at a packed Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium.

Peng holds the playoff appearance record among active players in Taiwan’s pro-baseball league, ranking third in the all-time list behind Chang Tai-shan (66 games) and Yeh Chun-chang (52 games).

The Brothers opened their account with a run in the second inning and had taken a 6-1 lead after the first six.

The Brothers scored two more runs in the seventh inning and looked set for a comfortable win, only for the Rhinos to pull back six runs in the eighth inning.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/10/20
By: Sophia Yeh and Romulo Huang

Taipei, Oct. 20 (CNA) Vice President Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) on Thursday urged members of a delegation of the International School Sport Federation (ISF) to support Taiwan’s bid to host ISF world school sport games in the future, saying it would be a win-win situation for the island.

Speaking in a meeting with the ISF delegation, headed by the organization’s president Laurent Patrynka, at the Presidential Office, Chen said that Taiwan has rich experience in organizing international sport games, including the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung, the 2009 Summer Deaflympics in Taipei, the 2014 ISF World Schools Badminton Championship in Taipei, the 2015 Asia Pacific Deaf Games in Taoyuan and the 2016 International Children’s Games in New Taipei.

Taiwan will also host the 2017 Universiade in Taipei and the 2019 East Asian Youth Games in Taichung, central Taiwan, the vice president noted.     [FULL  STORY]