Fans unbothered by lack of Taiwanese players on MLB poster
Fans unbothered by lack of Taiwanese players on MLB poster
2025-03-07
Team Taiwan will be playing at the 2026 World Baseball Classic Tournament in Tokyo. The 365-day countdown officially began Thursday, and America’s Major League Baseball released an official poster to mark the occasion. Although some may notice a lack of Taiwanese among the players on the poster, fans say it’s nothing to fret about since Team Taiwan still won Premier12 last year regardless. The reason may be because there aren’t any Taiwanese in Major League Baseball at the moment.
The poster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic Tournament came out on Thursday, noting the event was exactly 365 days away. But some may ask, why aren’t any Taiwanese among the players featured?
Baseball fan
Well, it’s organized by Major League Baseball. No need to dwell on it. I remember our players also weren’t featured on Premier12 last year, but we still came out on top.
Turns out, the reason may be because there aren’t any Taiwanese players in Major League Baseball at the moment; whereas other non-US players are, such as Japan’s Shohei Ohtani and Juan Soto from the Dominican Republic. Of course there’s Team USA captain Mookie Betts right on top-center.
Tsai Chi-chang
CPBL commissioner
We’ll let the organizer know that we hope poster designs will feature players from every participating country. The World Baseball Classic is still quite commercialized. And teams from Asia will be playing at Tokyo Dome. I believe Taiwanese baseball fans will be a large customer base there.
On March 5 next year, Taiwan will first face off with Australia, followed by Japan, Czechia and South Korea in the following days. That makes Team Taiwan the only one to play four consecutive days.
Hsu Wei-chih
Baseball commentator
The only worry will be to have to play four days in a row. The athletes’ village will be right by Tokyo Dome, so transportation won’t be an issue. Like with Premier12, just pay more attention to the second day with Japan and the third day with Czechia. I believe the coaches will make the most of the roster. Our team should be at its best ever next year.
To advance into the quarterfinals, which will be held in the US, Team Taiwan will have to win at least three games in Tokyo.
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經典賽官方海報"又沒台灣" 球迷熱議:贏球好兆頭
2025-03-07
台灣隊順利拿下明年的世界棒球經典賽門票，官方近期秀出宣傳海報，倒數365天，只是上面卻沒有台灣球員，讓球迷熱議，有人想到12強海報同樣也沒有台灣，笑成又是贏球的好兆頭嗎，事實上，經典是由大聯盟舉辦，海報才會採用大聯盟的球星，職棒會長蔡其昌則說，聯盟會去反應。
世界棒球經典賽，倒數365天，官方PO出宣傳海報，仔細看，跟12強複賽的官方宣傳海報一樣，都沒有台灣球員。
[[球迷]]
“畢竟他是大聯盟辦的啦，不用想太多，因為去年12強，我記得那時候好像也沒有，那我們就拿冠軍嘛”
經典賽由大聯盟主辦，海報上的球員都是MLB球星，像是來自日本的大谷翔平，代表美國隊的貝茲，以及簽下大聯盟史上最大約、來自多明尼加的索托等人，台灣並沒有現役的大聯盟球員。
[[中華職棒會長 蔡其昌]]
“會跟主辦單位表達，就是說希望盡量在，海報的設計上面，能夠讓各個國家都有機會可以呈現，經典賽商業活動的氣息還是很強烈，亞洲就是在東京的巨蛋(的比賽)，我相信台灣的球迷，應該有很龐大的消費能力”
明年3月5號中午，台灣將迎戰澳洲，6號晚上再打日本，隔天中午馬上又要對上捷克，8號中午再交手南韓，成為唯一四連戰的球隊，還得面臨晚接早的賽程。
[[球評 許維智]]
“唯一的瑕疵應該是連續打四天啦，巨蛋飯店就是選手村，所以球員的移動不是問題，就跟12強一樣，只有第二天的日本比賽，至第三天的對捷克稍微注意一下，那我相信教練團在大名單當中，會好好的安排，明年度應該會組成，有史以來最強的中華隊”
明年的預賽，台灣隊至少要拿下三勝，才能進入八強，到美國打複賽。
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