Baseball

Six-time All-Star outfielder Chen Tzu-hao (陳子豪) has signed a historic 10-year contract with the Wei Chuan Dragons, the longest deal ever in Taiwan's professional baseball history.

A Taiwanese company outlined a proposal to bring Team Taiwan's historic championship run at the WBSC Premier12 in November to the big screen, in invitations sent out Thursday for a press conference scheduled on Dec. 17.

Taiwan's national baseball team returned home Monday night to a huge crowd of fans after making history by upsetting defending champion Japan in the WBSC Premier12 Championship game in Tokyo a day earlier.

Taiwan's major political parties have praised the national baseball team on social media for winning the country's first-ever WBSC Premier12 championship.

"I will never forget today," veteran Taiwanese pitcher Chen Kuan-yu (陳冠宇) said after Taiwan's national baseball team beat Japan to secure its first ever gold in the WBSC Premier12 Championship Games Sunday night.

President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) and Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴)  on Sunday lauded Taiwan’s national baseball team as "heroes" after their stunning 4-0 victory over Japan in the WBSC Premier12 Championship Game in Tokyo, clinching Taiwan’s first gold medal in a world-class baseball tournament. 

Taiwan's national baseball team made history on Sunday when the squad won its first gold medal at the world-class national team level after beating Japan in a 4-0 shutout victory in the WBSC Premier12 Championship Game at the Tokyo Dome.

Taiwan's national baseball team made history on Sunday, claiming its first-ever gold medal at the world-class national team level with a 4-0 shutout victory over Japan in the WBSC Premier12 Championship Game at Tokyo Dome.

With Team Taiwan set to face defending champions Japan at the final of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12 tournament in Tokyo on Sunday, local municipalities and businesses have organized live screenings to rally fan support.

Taiwan will challenge World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12 defending champion Japan on Sunday, despite losing against them 9-6 on Saturday.