baseball

Taiwan’s Little League Baseball Dream Falls Just Short in World Series

Taiwan little league baseball team at world series final
Sport 
Lyon Chiang 0 Comment ,

Lyon Chiang, New York On August 26th, Taiwan’s Guishan Elementary School (龜山國小) baseball team faced Florida, representing the U.S., in the championship of the 2024 Little League World Series held in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Taiwan took an early lead by scoring a run in the first inning, but the U.S. team equalized in the bottom of the sixth, pushing the game into extra innings. In the eighth inning, a bunt from the U.S. side led to a critical error by Taiwan,

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The Curse of KFC Grandpa: TECO issues travel warning for Osaka Japan in case baseball fans go wild tonight

composite image showing damaged Colonel Sanders statue and fans jumping into the Dotonburi Canal
Odd News Regional 
Phillip Charlier 0 Comment ,

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Osaka, Japan, issued a travel warning advising Taiwanese visiting the city to avoid crowded places if the Hanshin Tigers win Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball final tonight. The travel warning came as police stepped up security around the city, deploying 1,300 police in expectation of a Hanshin Tigers victory in the Nippon Professional Baseball’s Central League. Hanshin Tigers fans have a notorious reputation for fanaticism that borders on violence. While fights occasionally break

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Bamboo Bats and Paper Mitts: Grandfathers Show Youngsters How They Played the Game

A player uses a bamboo bat to hit a homemade ball in Ilan County, Taiwan
Culture 
Phillip Charlier 0 Comment ,

Ilan County: Qixian Elementary School held a baseball game with a difference today when grandfathers teamed up to play a game against the kids. But first, they had to make the baseball gear. When granddad was a kid, Taiwan was not the wealthy country it is today. Money was scarce, and simple stuff like balls, bats, and baseball mitts were hard to come by. However, kids will never let anything get in the way of having fun, and Taiwanese kids

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