Taipei councilor criticizes name of city’s baseball celebrations

Taipei councilor criticizes name of city’s baseball celebrations

2024-11-26

The city governments of Taipei and New Taipei also celebrated Team Taiwan at two separate events on Tuesday. The one in New Taipei was a meet-and-greet with 12 of the players in Banqiao, coinciding with the opening of the city’s Christmas market. Over in Taipei, the event was held at the Taipei Dome. Earlier in the day, the event’s name was the source of a dispute at the Taipei City Council, with one councilor saying that the wording made it seem as if the team had represented Taipei, not Taiwan at the Premier12. Let’s hear how it went down.

Chien Shu-pei
Taipei City councilor (DPP)
What is this “Taipei City heroic champions” about? Did they compete in a different competition?

Chiang Wan-an
Taipei mayor
We are hoping that the players, coaches, defenses and trainers of the Wei Chuan Dragons will have the opportunity to meet the fans and thank them for their support.

Chien Shu-pei
Taipei City councilor (DPP)
But these players are part of Team Taiwan! They are the heroes of Taiwan, not the “heroic champions of Taipei City!” It’s embarrassing.

The name of the event is just one more of a string of blunders regarding Taipei and the Premier12 championship. Previously, Mayor Chiang Wan-an had announced that Taipei would give an extra 10% of the prize money to Team Taiwan players who had household registration in the city. It later turned out, none of them do. Amid online criticism, the city then decided to offer the bonus to staff and players who play for the home team, the Wei Chuan Dragons.

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台北市辦"城市冠軍英雄見面會" 議員轟蔣:台灣隊不敢講?

2024-11-26

台灣隊拿下12強冠軍，舉國歡騰，新北市要在新北耶誕城舉辦”台灣英雄”見面會，台北市晚上7點也要在大巨蛋來一場，不過名稱竟是"台北城市冠軍英雄見面會"，引來民進黨議員怒轟。

[[議員(民) 簡舒培]]
“什麼叫做台北城市冠軍英雄?這是另外一個比賽嗎?”

[[台北市長蔣萬安]]
“我們就是針對味全龍隊的選手、教練、防護員、訓練員，讓他們可以有機會，跟很多他們，感謝他們的球迷見面”

[[議員(民) 簡舒培]]
“那就是台灣隊的隊員啊，就是台灣英雄啊，哪有什麼台北城市冠軍英雄啊，你這樣子很糗耶”

挨轟不只這一樁，日前蔣萬安對外表示，只要12強拿冠軍，設籍北市的選手，獎金加碼10%，真的奪冠後，一查才發現，根本沒人設籍在北市，廣大網友們酸爆，最後北市府想出解套辦法，決定改發給隸屬台北市主場球隊味全龍的選手和防護員。

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