Taipei Times
Date: Jul 26, 2015
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
US Major League Baseball legends Jason Giambi and Ivan Rodgriuez were the special invited
Team Power’s Kuo Yen-wen bats against Team Speed in the Chinese Professional Baseball League All-Star Game at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium yesterday. Photo: CNA
guests for the ceremonial first pitch at yesterday’s opening of Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) All-Star Weekend festivities at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium.
The two retired superstars and former teammates of Taiwanese pitcher Wang Chien-ming in the US were greeted with applause and enthusiastic cheering from the more than 12,000 spectators in the ballpark.
Giambi and Rodriguez, who is also known as “I-Rod” or “Pudge,” were joined at the ceremony by Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung, CPBL commissioner John Wu, World Baseball and Softball Confederation president Riccardo Fraccari and Johnson Fitness chairman Lo Kun-chuan.
Befitting his reputation as a power hitter, Giambi was the batter at the plate for the ceremonial first pitch, while, in another setup, Rodriguez replayed his familiar role as a star catcher to receive the pitch tossed by Lin. [FULL STORY]
