Anyone who writes fairly frequently knows how easily one can find themselves in a rut. You would think that this site being dedicated to the global game of professional baseball would leave me with endless topics to write about. The topics may be endless but finding a topic that you want to write about in […]
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Still Packing a Wallop
At just thirty-two years old it’s hard to think of Chiang Chih-Hsien as an older player but that’s exactly what he is now. That doesn’t mean he’s not good, though he clearly has clearly regressed hard in one specific area that we will get to a little later. Overall though, Chih-Hsien may be a few […]
Hurdling Towards All-Time Greatness
As much as I love Baseball Reference, there are massive gaps in what they cover. For instance if you were to search Mike Loree and look at his career you would think that he has been out of baseball since a subpar 2012 with the Atlantic League’s Long Island Ducks. Most wouldn’t give that fact […]
League Primer: Future League
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 […]
League Primer: Chinese Professional Baseball League
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 […]