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Monday, May 18, 2009

2009 Youth NTAnnounced......

CPBL:
Standings:
TeamWDLGBWP
Bears19014--0.576
Bulls1911400.576
Lions1811510.545
Elephants1102490.314

Tomorrow's matchups:

Anastacio Martinez (Bulls) vs. Yu-Chan Liu (Elephants)

*Taiwanese Olympic Committee chairman Chen-Wei (Thomas) Tsai is interested in forming a 5th CPBL team for next year. Chen-Wei is from the ultra-affluent Tsai family.




MILB:
A+ - CH Lin 2-3, BB, RBI, CS, E #3, OF Assist

A+ - CC Lee 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 2 BB's

A+ - KH Lo 1-1, BB, RBI, SB (6), CS, E #4 (5th inning)

AAA - CL Hu 1-4 (7th inning)




Other:
*In the semifinals of the collegiate/industrial league spring tourney, the final four standing were: the Meifu Giants, Chiayi University, Taiwan Coop Bank, & Taiwan Power Co.


CH Lin

In the first semi, the Meifu Giants (Chinese Culture University) defeated Chiayi U. 10-0.
Giants starter Chen-Hua Lin threw 7 shutout innings, scattering 3 hits (2 K's, 1 BB) to pick up the W.

Taiwan Coop Bank defeated TaiPower 7-1 in the other semifinal. Chia-Chun Tang picked up the win for TCB after relieving starter Chia-Ming Cheng. Tang's line for the night: 8.1 IP, 0 R, 7 H, 4 K's/BB's. DH Shen-Fu Tsai was 2-4 with 3 RBI to help bolster the lead for TCB.


*In preparation for the 14th World Youth Championships to be held in August in Taichung, Taiwan - the 2009 Youth NT has been announced. The team is highlighted by a few big names including Lee-Wei Chiang, Chin-De Chang, Chi-Wei Lin, and Lee-Jen Chu.

PITCHERS (7):
1)Lee-Wei Chiang 14 (7/10/94) 6'0"/150 B:R/T:R
2)Chih-Wei Hu 15 (11/4/93) 6'0"/158 B:R/T:R
3)Hang Lin 16 (3/1/93) 5'8"/154 B:L/T:L
4)Chao-Wei Yu 16 (4/16/93) 5'9"/150 B:R/T:R
5)Pin-Hsueh Chen 15 (7/8/94) 6'0"/172 B:R/T:R
6)Chun-Lung Chang 15 (5/20/93) 5'9"/165 B:R/T:R
7)Keng-Sheng Lee 16 (1/15/93) 5'10"/154 B:R/T:R

CATCHERS (2):
1)Yu-Chi Lin 15 (3/25/94) 5'5"/143 B:R/T:R
2)Chin-Lung Chang 15 (4/12/94) 5'7"/154 B:R/T:R

INFIELDERS (5):
1)Lee-Jen Chu 15 (3/13/94) 5'8"/181 B:R/T:R
2)Kun-Yu Wen 16 (1/5/93) 5'9"/132 B:R/T:R
3)Chi-Wei Lin 15 (2/15/94) 5'7"/143 B:L/T:R
4)Yung-Cheng Hsu 15 (4/19/94) 5' 6.5"/137 B:L/T:R
5)Chin-De Chang 16 (5/17/93) 5'10"/154 B:L/T:R

OUTFIELDERS (4):
1)Chan-Chia Liu 16 (3/29/93) 5'8"/143 B:L/T:R
2)Chin-Yu Tseng 16 (2/11/93) 5'9"/154 B:R/T:R
3)Lee-En Pi 14 (8/14/94) 5'8"/143 B:R/T:R
4)Chia-Min Lin 15 (8/24/93) 5'6"/143 B:L/T:R

*Player locale breakdown: 7 Taichung City, 5 Kaohsiung County, 2 Taipei County - Banqiao, 2 Pingtung County, 1 Taitung County, 1 Taoyuan County

Again, player selection was largely influenced by the top teams in the recently completed Kuo-Cheng Hsieh Cup (for 16 and under). The top 5 finishers in that tourney were:
1)Taichung City (4-1)
2)Kaohsiung County (3-2)
3)Pingtung County (2-2)
4)Taipei County - Banqiao (2-2)
5)Taoyuan County (1-2)

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