A: In addition to Teng Kai-wei, Taiwanese infielder Cheng Tsung-che was called up temporarily to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates in early April.
B: Yeah, Cheng is the 18th player in Taiwan’s baseball history to be moved up to the majors.
A: Back in 2002, Chen Chin-feng became the first Taiwanese to play in the Major League Baseball (MLB), followed by Tsao Chin-hui, Wang Chien-ming, Kuo Hung-chih, Hu Chin-lung and Lin Che-hsuan.
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B: Those pioneers were later joined by Lo Chia-jen, C.C. Lee, Ni Fu-te, Chen Wei-yin, Wang Wei-chung, Hu Chih-wei, Tseng Jen-ho, Lin Tzu-wei, Huang Wei-chieh, Yu Chang, and now Teng and Cheng.
A: I hope that more outstanding Taiwanese players, like my favorite Oakland Athletics’ Sha Tzu-chen, can break into the majors soon.
A: 除了鄧愷威外，美職匹茲堡海盜隊4月初曾將鄭宗哲短暫升上大聯盟！
B: 對啊，他是台灣棒球史上第18位打進大聯盟球員。
A: 當年台灣首位大聯盟球員是2002年的陳金鋒，接著是曹錦輝、王建民、郭泓志、胡金龍、林哲瑄。
B: 隨後是羅嘉仁、李振昌、倪福德、陳偉殷、王維中、胡智為、曾仁和、林子偉、黃暐傑、張育成、鄧愷威、鄭宗哲。
A: 希望更多選手，像是我最愛的奧克蘭運動家隊小鮮肉沙子宸，都能加入MLB台灣「18銅人」的行列。
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