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We know baseball in Taiwan is never just a game.
From the 1970s Little League Baseball dynasty, Chien-Ming Wang craze in the 2000s, to the 2024 Premier12 champion, it grips the nation. But how does it impact Taiwanese people's national identification? 🧵1/
Game 3, the Lions fans are again packing most of the outfield seats in Taichung. Down 1-2, it’s win or go home.
CPBL postseason opener in Taichung! Lions vs. Brothers in a best of 5 series. Brothers holds 1-0 advantage for winning the half-season pennant. Winner of the series moves on to play the Dragons in Taiwan Series.
Let’s go Lions!
#Taiwanbaseball
June 15, 2008: Chien-Ming Wang suffers a career-altering ankle injury running bases in Houston.
June 15, 2026: 18 years later in the same stadium, an injury sub brings Hao-Yu Lee up to face Kai-Wei Teng—the 1st ever MLB matchup between two Taiwanese players.
Fubon Guardians closer Tseng Jyun-Yue takes the mound at Taipei Dome under a spectacular light show to lock down the W. Guardians beat the struggling Brothers, 4-2. #CPBL #Taiwanbaseball
First time inside the new Tainan ASPAC baseball stadium, home of the Uni-Lions. First impression was great — feels like a compact major league stadium.
My first CPBL game for the 2026 season! Almost a full house in Xinzhuang, and the Lions fans are LOUD!
Daniel Yu-Kuei Sun 孫又揆 retweeted
As my friend @SlangsOnSports shared, I found the Taiwanese band! They're from Taiwan, have regular day jobs, & came to Tokyo for the World Baseball Classic to cheer for Chinese Taipei. Their band is seated in the stands down the third base line. Don't forget the drum! Incredible.
Demand for WBC Group C tickets are absolutely crazy. Japan/Taiwan game ticket can cost $15,288. Korea/Taiwan game ticket costs $300+.
Many who are travelling to Tokyo from Taiwan, including myself, are still unable to secure tickets at the last minute.
#WorldBaseballClassic
Well, this is what happens when you let AI takes over your official social media account.
Lyle Lin is 林家正. Nobody in the Chinese-speaking world would call him 萊爾. Also, what the heck is the background? CKS Memorial Hall? What does it have to do with baseball? 🤦♀️
Three former Blue Crabs are set to play in the 2026 World Baseball Classic! Chien-Ming Wang and Lyle Lin are joining the Chinese Taipei team while Nick Wells is on the roster for the Great Britain team!
Read more about the Crabs in the WBC: bluecrabsbaseball.com/news/t…
As the next WBC is just around the corner, how that may impact the nationalistic sentiments or shift identity among Taiwanese people will be an interesting question to explore. 9/
Read the full study, "Batting for the Nation(s): Baseball and the Conditional Rise of Competing Identities in Taiwan" here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
(feel free to DM me for a copy of full article)
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To conclude, our results reaffirm that baseball occupy a special place in Taiwanese society. National identity in Taiwan is fluid, and it may fluctuate temporarily thanks to high-profile international baseball events. 8/
Some KMT supporters shifted to exclusive Taiwanese identity, while others moved to exclusively Chinese identity. As for neutral voters and TPP supporters, exclusive Taiwanese identity increased. In general, we observed the trend of identity polarization. 7/
Also, party orientation matters. DPP supporters, with already high level of Taiwanese identification, did not change much. Bur for KMT supporters, the "dual identity" (Both Taiwanese and Chinese) identification dropped. 6/
The Surprise: The final game, when Taiwan defeated Japan and won it all, didn't shift identity much. Why? Taiwan views Japan with post-colonial respect—a "mentor" rather than a hostile foe. It was a "gentle" victory that didn't move the identity needle. 5/