Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Soon after the Chinese Professional Baseball League season starts the Future League (CFL) also begins their season. Learn all about the CPBL’s minor league. History The CFL started play in 2003. At first, it was a mixed league with some CPBL prospects and national level youth players. Now it’s strictly a CPBL farm league with […]
Our next League Primer keeps things in Asia, but we’re moving on over to Taiwan for the Chinese Professional Baseball League. History The CPBL has been around since 1989, but its roots stretch back to 1984. Baseball had been popular in Taiwan for some time, but the country lacked any formal baseball structure beyond a […]
Both semifinal matchups for the Chinese Professional Baseball League were close. In the end, people seemed to favor the classic colors of the Chinatrust Brothers and the vibrant hues of the Lamigo Monkeys more. Those two advance to the final round of the CPBL bracket. Semifinal Round As a reminder, voting is open for one […]
If you’re anything like me, and if you’re reading this site then you’re at least a little like me, then you love a good uniform. A while back I had the idea of doing a tournament-style series of posts to determine who has the best uniforms in all of professional baseball. The format I settled […]
The second half of the Chinese Professional Baseball League has a different feel to it than the first half did. This is evident in the standings where the Fubon Guardians have, as of this Sunday, staked themselves out a 1 game lead over the second-place Chinatrust Brothers. The first half champion Lamigo Monkeys find themselves […]