One decade, one man: Mike Loree pitches as 'first foreign local player'

The Fubon Guardians' 1-0 loss to the Wei Chuan Dragons on Saturday at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium could be one of those rare occasions when Taiwanese baseball fans paid more attention to the game's first at-bat player matchup than how the game ended, due to the one-at-bat-only start of Guardians' retired American pitcher Mike Loree as a local player.

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