The Taichung City Government on Tuesday opened the Premier 12 Gold Cup and Baseball Artifacts Exhibition in the city hall Gallery of Vision to mark the five qualifier matches the national team is to play in the first-ever Premier 12 international baseball games.
The Premier 12, an event organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), is to host five qualifying matches for the Taiwanese team at the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium from Nov. 8 to Nov. 21.
The baseball exhibition in Taichung City Hall, open until Dec. 31, features a replica of the Premier 12 Gold Cup, which cost 150,000 euros (US$164,827), the Taichung City Government said.
The exhibition has about 100 artifacts from national baseball leagues on display, including a baseball set commemorating pitcher Wang Chien-ming’s (王建民) 19 wins for the New York Yankees, a performance that made him the 2006 Pitcher of the Year, the city government said.
“Baseball is Taiwan’s national game, a sport with which Taichung is deeply involved,” Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said at the opening ceremony.
“Taichung Golden Dragon was the first [Taiwanese team] to win the Little League World Series, and Taichung is the only city to have the honor of being named ‘World Baseball City’ by the WBSC,” Lin said.
“Just recently, the city hosted the Chinese Professional Baseball League’s All-Star Game and the Asian Baseball Championship,” he said, adding: “Taichung is prepared for the Premier 12 and we welcome fans to come and watch the game.”
“There will be no rivalry between the Brothers [Baseball Club] and the Lamigo [Monkeys] because we will be one Taiwanese team,” he said.
Lin invited fans who cannot get game tickets to come and watch the game on the open-air monitor outside City Hall, which is to screen a live feed of the matches.
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