Taiwanese baseball fans eager to catch a glimpse of some big league action are expressing dismay over the L.A. Dodgers roster sent to participate in this month’s upcoming exhibition match against the CPBL’s finest.
The roster includes Manny Ramirez and James Loney, but after that features only 17 players with big league experience.  Fans hoping to [...]

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As we’ve all heard by now, Wang Chien-ming is on his way to the Washington Nationals.  The writing was on the wall when the Yankees non-tendered Wang in December, but there was still speculation Wang would re-sign with the Bombers at a reduced rate in the end.  Now the break-up is official.
I’m looking forward to [...]

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The Detroit Tigers remained active in Taiwan this week, signing 5′10 plus lefty Lo Hua-wei.  Lo, who enrolled in Kainan University post graduation, came out of San Hsin high school, which also produced recent Cubs signings RHP Wang Tsu-an and RHP Wang Yao-lin. 
Lo is undersized but athletic with a clean arm action and tops out at 91 [...]

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According to Taiwan Baseball, The Chicago Cubs have signed their third player in Taiwan this year, inking 6′5 Sanhsin HS righty Wang Tsu-an to a minor league deal with a signing bonus reportedly exceeding 300,000.
Wang could be considered a high-risk/high-reward type sign, with a fastball that sits in the high eighties.  He has a very [...]

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On the heels of yesterday’s post covering racism in the ECFA promotion campaign, our CPBL consultant and historian Hansioux informed me that back in the day foreign players in the CPBL and TML used to be named after, among other things, the products manufactured by team sponsors. He has provided EWC with a glorious history [...]

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A pretty homey hometowney article with eggs sunnyside up and a side of golden brown hashbrowns and some different jams in a container with some Sweet and Low and Equal that a few people have picked between their teeth with by Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazzette. Sometimes I wonder why I link to this [...]

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In his New Arms of the Week feature Pitch f/x guy Harry Pavlidis gives Ni Fu-Te the treatment with an overview of his repertoire and some other goodies like release points and flight paths. This data has Ni’s fastball at an average of 90.7 MPH and his slider at about 78.
At the risk of sounding [...]

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You might know Jason Giambi.  He was the 2000 AL MVP, is a five-time All-Star and two-time Silver Slugger award winner.   He’s hit 406 home runs in his career. And there was that little juice issue we heard about now and again.
Yet none of this earned him a spot on the radar of recent [...]

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The Pirates have signed their second position player out of Taiwan High school this year, inking first baseman/pitcher Hsu Chi-wei.  The 17 year-old lefty stands at 5′11 and throws in the low 80’s.  Taiwan Baseball has more here.

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Recently called-up lefty Ni Fu-te made his MLB debut today in a mop-up role in a 7-1 loss to the Athletics. He fanned three, showing the stuff that makes him an intriguing pitcher, but also gave up a bomb to Ryan Sweeney. The final line: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 HR, 0 BB, [...]

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Another sign out of Taiwan this month, as the PIttsburgh Pirates inked small, speedy outfielder Chi Ping-hong out of Shiyuan High School to a minor league contract. Chi bats left-handed, stands at a fringy 5′7 (!) and weighs in at 145 pounds. He gets well above average run times and has a knack [...]

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Not official yet, but sources indicate that pitcher Ni Fu-te will be called up to the Detroit Tigers from AAA Toledo early this week. Ni put up sharp numbers for the Mud Hens–he was 3-0 with a 2.65 E.R.A. with 32 K’s to 9 walks and a 1.15 WHIP in 34 innings pitched.
Ni, the [...]

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On the heels of its now infamous losses to China in the Beijing Olympics and WBC, Taiwan’s international rep took another one on the chin this week when it learned it likely will no longer be invited to participate in the Asia Series. Despite putting up competitive teams, The CPBL winners’ presence in the [...]

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The Cubs continued their spending ways in Taiwan this week, signing Nan Ying high school second baseman Chen Pin-chie to a minor league deal. Pin Chie was the big ticket offensively this year in Taiwan, and reportedly received a signing bonus upwards of 300,000.
Taiwan Baseball has the lowdown and videos.

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Twins minor league outfielder Lin Wang-wei homered and drove in two runs Tuesday–his first home run as a pro–leading the GCL Twins to a win in their first game of the season against the GCL Rays. The 6-0 190 Outfielder struggled in 2007 and 2008 due to injury, but is healthy again and has [...]

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Sophyia Liu is a devout Muslim. She speaks German and Arabic, and plays the trumpet and a traditional chinese instrument called the erhu. She is also able to communicate with the spirit world.
Oh, and she is also Taiwan’s first female umpire in Chief.

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EWC congratulates Wang Chien-Ming on the birth of his son, Justin Jesse Wang. The Junior Wang weighs in at 7 pounds, twleve ounces. Gong Xi to Wang as his wife Chia Ling.

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Sometimes its funny to read what people outside baseball think about baseball. Well, no it’s not. But how about if I presented you an article about Chien-Ming Wang written by someone who knows absolutely nothing about baseball, nothing about Taiwan, and very little about writing? Would that interest you? Thought so.
In America, there are hundreds [...]

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No comment here. Just a link to the post at Taiwan Baseball since I know a lot of Cub fans come here.
Cubs sign Yao-Lin Wang

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A bit of good news coming out of the La New Bears camp: righty Mike Johnson has now pitched in three games without being released from the La New Bears Roster.  Johnson, released earlier this year by the SK Wyverns after just 1 1/3 innings, is currently 1-1 with a 6.19 ERA for the Bears.
In [...]

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