I am very surprised that you follow so
closely in baseball games. And you have studied about what happened in Taiwan’s
baseball. Actually, I have also watched some of the WBC games. But I think the
game that was Taiwan VS Korea is the most, unfortunately, one. Because when we
had tried our best to beat to tied (8:8). Korea just sent Oh Seung-hwan (a Korean professional
baseball relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals) out and stopped the
offensive from Taiwan. Then they just won three more points very soon. So we
will not have an “automatic bid” to the next tournament just like you said in
the letter. Now, Taiwan’s baseball in WBSC ranking have slipped from third
place to fourth place. So I think the Taiwan must be more united or we will
keep moving backward. And the others countries like Israel that
is even not in the top 30th in WBSC will keep progress.
Samuel,
ReplyDeleteit's good to see your letter!
I'm still putting most of the blame on the Lamigo Monkeys for not letting their players play for the Taiwan team. But Taiwan did play a couple of good games, against the Netherlands and Korea. As you probably know, it will be the Netherlands and Japan going on the semifinals. The Netherlands has been a surprise to everybody.
Are you following the NCAA basketball tournament? The first major games will be this weekend. I have already sent Summer my picks, so I'll let you know how I did on Monday (your Tuesday).
Keep writing!
Tim