Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) drew a record crowd for its 2025 season opener, as 40,000 fans filled the Taipei Dome to watch the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions shut out the defending champion CTBC Brothers 8-0 on Saturday.
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