Two months removed from going undrafted in the 2018 MLB Draft, it appears
Luke Heimlich has made no headway in becoming a professional baseball player
in America, and will head overseas.
The recent Oregon State University graduate was one of the best pitchers in
college baseball last year, but he’s also a convicted child molester, which
has deterred MLB teams from adding him to their roster.
In early 2017, a story in The Oregonian revealed Heimlich pleaded guilty to
molesting his 6-year-old niece when he was 15. He was not drafted through all
40 rounds of both last year and this year’s draft, despite having
early-round potential.
Since his conviction came to light, Heimlich has insisted that he is
innocent, and took poor legal advice in the name of simplifying matters for
his family.
Rumors that Major League teams, including the Kansas City Royals and
Baltimore Orioles, were considering signing as a free agent him have cropped
up since, to no avail. A number of team executives told Yahoo Sports that
they were worried about the potential for backlash, despite consulting with
MLB officials on how best to address the situation.
Heimlich to play in Chinese League?
Tuesday, the Lamigo Monkeys of the Chinese Professional Baseball League
announced that they signed Heimlich, and that he is already in Taiwan, where
the league is based.
The announcement does not make reference to his criminal record. However, the
post has drawn a lot of mixed attention, amassing nearly 1000 comments nine
hours after it was posted. Many of the comments commend the team on signing a
top talent, despite his unsavory moral history. However, it’s also clear
that some of the fans don’t know about that history, as in the following
exchange:
The Chinese Professional Baseball League is home to the highest level of
players in Taiwan, and includes foreign players from Japan and minor-league
players from MLB. Players on average make between $5,000 and $12,000 a month,
but foreign players specifically have been known to make substantially more.
However, the league has had a number of game-fixing and gambling scandals
over the past two decades that have lowered its credibility.
Will the CPBL allow Heimlich to play?
According to reports the team or league have yet to confirm, Heimlich’s deal
with the Monkeys may be blocked due to his criminal record.
The veto would be unsurprising, as last year, the Chinatrust Brothers
(another CPBL team) signed American minor leaguer Kyle Simon to a contract,
but it was quickly voided before his arrival due to his history of drug abuse.
The Monkeys also have a history of coming down strong on sex abuse charges;
in 2017, the team allegedly terminated the contract of 2013 Rookie of the
Year Chiu-Yen Kuo after he faced attempted rape charges.
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新闻内容和台湾报的基本上差不多....
不过这则新闻下面有328条回复
看讨论感觉米国那的风向和台湾这相反

应该是台湾引用外电?

台湾这是指PTT还是脸书?

还好是Chinese签走

我看要被认证为kobe队了

没关系是Chinese，外国人会以为是支那国签的

最墙的名字出现在国外新闻 算丢脸丢到国外吗

谢谢CPBL

CPBL里面有Chinese 说Chinese没错 不过会误导XDDD

第一次不希望有人在下面留言 Taiwan is not China...就让他们当China不好吗？

台湾风向是指棒球版 吱版 还是粉丝团?

MLB：谢谢你 玠廷

靠 内文还是说他在台湾啊

哈有人说如果是NFL或NBA应该没什么大不了...

他已经来了啊 吱吱想先斩后奏阿 可是还闹很大

留言有人说不是中国是台湾xDD

早就说了就算正名歪果人还是会叫你Chinese

可是kobe没强暴4岁女童

美国也是不少人主张应该再给他机会 MLB道德标准太高

那应该也有说这案子问题很大

kobe也不是少年犯

美国人喜欢讲second chance啊 东方是可以给你机会但你要有认错赎罪的一定表示

东方是标准浮动吧

现在me too加上国外对恋童的禁忌下 这种情况不意外 真进来就国际认证了

所以这机会应该是美国要给他 怎们轮也轮不到台湾给

担任反性侵儿童大使就好了 没事儿

内文除了联盟外通篇都是写台湾 闪不掉XD

也有人说NBA NFL名人堂强暴犯杀人犯都有....MLB比较...

我记得儿童 在台湾一直都很重 但保护机制是这几年

要给机会叫美国自己给阿 他从来就不是实力问题

希望励馨还是儿福联盟可以赶快给我回复呀

日本以中山的例子 是倾向要有一定的谢罪行为表示

棒球板本来就最爱Chinese啊

O.J. Simpson吧...?

可是不管是台湾还是美国 都对被害人二度伤害

是因为叫中职，人家才以为是Chinese 可见正名的重要

真要给他机会是他跟MLB之间的问题 转嫁到种花真的很奇怪

除非完全冤案 我也不认同谢罪有用

说到这里 请问有人打电话 or 写mail or 传讯息给社福组织告诉他们有球队要签对儿童猥亵犯了吗

感谢吱吱让国际看见台湾^.<

中山时至今日 我也认同板友说 日美职背书也没用

有的朋友请回报一下 谢谢

还有一个问题 投手本人一直都是说没有做 不是说什么已经悔改 那用他的话是直接帮他背书没做 直接站到受害者对面

有些人就硬要拿快20年前的事护航 那个时候就草创联盟

美国乡民当然是讲MLB要给他机会 他都沦落到世界角落打工

taiwan thailand陈唐山 不要以为新加坡是

还好是chinese 那就没关系了

也有人说这种性犯罪通常再犯率很高 但后来也没其他人指控他

只准吱吱洋将猥亵过幼童，不准爪爪洋将吸过毒...LM扬名美国

华国人最爱的Chinese，想改名还会被骂呢?怎不拼经济

说不定是冤枉的 谁知道呢

这篇用的是molest

不是说正名很重要，结果连连署门槛都过不了 哈哈哈

就算是冤枉的 也要他自己走法定程序推翻先前认罪

郭修延还被拿出来鞭一次XD

而不是先到外国过水在试着返回MLB体系 本末倒置

Chinese 自己要自称踹尼死国和踹尼死联盟 也怪不得别人

美国人没资格嘴台湾给不给机会 2年都不选了

倒是没有什么人指责中华职棒 乡民多心了 中职只是偏远国家的一个小独盟.... 酸NFL道德标准低他应该能去的人很多

吱吱真厉害，一下子在米国打响自家知名度

no one care 中华职棒的名声会如何

他的情节是法官认证的再犯率最低

文中已说明过去的签赌假球已降低联盟声誉了，看来本篇外电风向明显......

还好是中国球队签的 ...疑？

蛙人也写出来鞭

太子和吱迷不愧是台湾之光

中国恶心棒球联盟

这是蛙人第一次有国际曝光度吗？

被中国队签走囉 Chinese Team

好猛 一堆人被美国乡民神打脸XDDDDDDDDDDD

楼上发了一篇下限废文

留言打脸棒球版多数，哈

看那英文拼音还以为是郭秋延

留言其实感觉50:50。不过比较有趣的是看到有人说他准备告Oregonian (披露的新闻媒体)跟 Oregon Child Services

丢台湾的脸还自以为可以用Chinese遮羞

这是留言里面一位美国乡民PO的https://tinyurl.com/yb7fycw9里面提到他哥跟他前嫂嫂当时离婚然后有监护权之争的官司说不定他的经纪人是想利用这件事在炒一遍看能不能浑水摸鱼

掐尼斯= =

为台湾松一口气XDD 谢谢你 中华

支那联盟

恭喜中华台北Chinese Taipei

酸kobe的到底有没有搞懂事件的来龙去脉？

这时候用Chinese就对了

签赌vs性侵