Chen Chin-feng, a bona fide Taiwanese professional baseball superstar, retired on Sunday. Chen’s team, Lamigo Monkeys, held a retirement ceremony for him during a home game against the EDA Rhinos in Taoyuan.
All the tickets for Chen’s retirement game sold out instantly, as 20,000 fans packed the stadium to salute him. Chen was the first Taiwanese player to play for US Major League Baseball (MLB), playing in the league between 2002 and 2005.
Chen, nicknamed “Taiwan’s giant cannon,” debuted in the MLB 14 years ago on Sept. 14, 2002. On the eve of his retirement ceremony, Wang Chien-ming and over 10 Taiwanese baseball stars all expressed their respect for Chen on their Facebook pages on Sept. 14.
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Lamigo Monkeys had organized a five-day special exhibition, “Chen: My Life,” during a baseball spirit week at its home stadium in Taoyuan last week. The highlight on Sunday was the unveling of a Chinese white marble statue of Chen. The team hopes that the four-ton, NT$14 million statue captures something of Chen’s extraordinary baseball spirit.
(CNA, translated by Eddy Chang)
台灣職棒界巨星陳金鋒週日引退,他所屬的Lamigo桃猿隊在桃園主場比賽,為他舉辦引退儀式,對手是義大犀牛隊。
這場陳金鋒引退賽門票立即賣完,有兩萬人的滿場球迷一起向他致敬。他過去從二○○二年到二○○五年之間,站上美國職棒大聯盟舞台,成為台灣第一人。
十四年前,「台灣巨砲」陳金鋒於二○○二年九月十四日在美國職棒大聯盟初登場,就在他引退前夕,王建民與棒球界十多名球星於九月十四日,一起在臉書貼文,向他致敬。
Lamigo桃猿隊上週在桃園球場的野球魂週,舉辦五天的陳金鋒特展「Chen My Life」,而上週日的重頭戲,則是為他的漢白玉雕像揭幕。雕像淨重四噸、造價一千四百萬,希望能彰顯陳金鋒非凡的野球魂。(中央社)
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