来源：美国在台协会AIT脸书
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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
我来自北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 Sta
te University, and I played football and baseball while I got my degree in com
munications and business marketing. This is my fourteenth year playing basebal
l 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, the
n two years with the Washington Nationals. I’ve also played in Mexico, Venez
uela, 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 pl
aces. I mean, everything about this place is family-friendly and that’s one t
hing that really drew us to coming here. Plus, the baseball here is unbelievab
le