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“爱台湾，我的选择”系列第8发：投手莱福力的棒球心声
我来自南加州一个叫苏珊维尔的小镇，小镇人口大约两万人。大学期间，我获得美式足球奖学金，进入萨克拉门托州立大学就读，当时我打棒球也打美式足球，并得到传播与商业行销学位。今年是我打职业棒球的第14年。我在美国打了9年棒球，我先是受科罗拉多洛矶队招募，后来在旧金山巨人队打了7年，最后2年我为华盛顿国民队效力。我也曾经在墨西哥、委内瑞拉和日本打球。3年前，我有一个机会，可以选择留在墨西哥或来台湾打球。我深深地被台湾文化吸引，这个地方很棒，对家庭非常友善，这点对我、妻子和我们刚出生的孩子尤其重要！台湾随处可见哺乳室、亲子
厕所、及室内儿童游乐设施，所有一切都很适合家庭，这是台湾吸引我们的很大原因。另外，在台湾打棒球真的很棒，尤其是球迷的加油声，这是我在世界其他地方从来没有体验过的！我曾在７个国家打过棒球，在来台湾之前，我从没有这种经验，球迷会不断的为我加油和跳舞，即使我当天表现得不好，球迷仍帮我加油，就算某局我打得烂透了，他们也会大喊:“下次会更好！”台湾的棒球因为球迷而独一无二，身为一个美国人，可以在台湾打球是我莫大的荣幸。
莱福力为美国棒球投手， 2018年起来台发展，目前效力于中信兄弟队。
Why I Chose Taiwan # 8 - Mitchell Lively's baseball path
“I’m from a small town in Northern California called Susanville. I think the population may be 20,000. I went on a football scholarship to Sacramento State University, and I played football and baseball while I got my degree in communications and business marketing. This is my fourteenth year playing baseball professionally. I played nine years in the United States: got drafted by the Colorado Rockies, then I spent seven years with the San Francisco Giants, then two years with the Washington
Nationals. I’ve also played in Mexico, Venezuela, and Japan. I got a choice about three years ago to stay in Mexico or to come here to Taiwan. I was really intrigued with the culture here. This place is amazing. It’s very family-friendly, especially having my wife here with a new-born baby. There’s breast-feeding rooms, family bathrooms, indoor play places. I mean, everything about this place is family-friendly and that’s one thing that really drew us to coming here. Plus, the baseball here is
unbelievable