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Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association
(MLBPA) today announced that a team of Major Leaguers will travel to Taiwan
this November to play against the Chinese Taipei national team in the 2011
Taiwan All-Star Series.
The 2011 Taiwan All-Star Series will consist of five games played between
November 2 - 6 in three different cities - New Taipei City (XinZhuang
Stadium) on November 2, Taichung (Intercontinental Stadium) on November 3 and
4 and Kaohsiung (Chengcing Lake Stadium) on November 5 and 6. Each game will
feature the MLB team playing the Chinese Taipei national team and all games
will be broadcast live in Taiwan by FTV, Major League Baseball's exclusive
over-the-air broadcaster for regular season and postseason games.
Major League Baseball and the MLBPA will be selecting the MLB team and staff.
A full roster and coaching staff will be released in October.
"Major League Baseball is excited to take another important step in
showcasing our great game to Taiwan, continuing our objective to bring
baseball to fans throughout the world," said Baseball Commissioner Allan H.
(Bud) Selig. "We are pleased that many fine players will represent Major
League Baseball when they meet the top talents of Taiwan."
"Major League players are eager to return to Taiwan as part of the 2011
Taiwan All-Star Series, and they look forward to joining their counterparts
from the Chinese Taipei national team in helping grow the world-wide
popularity of the game they love," said MLBPA Executive Director Michael
Weiner. "The players also want to thank the people of Taiwan for once again
welcoming them to their country."
"The baseball community and all of Taiwan are greatly anticipating this
opportunity for our national team to compete against players from Major
League Baseball," said Richard T.C. Lin, Secretary General, Chinese Taipei
Baseball Association. "We are delighted that Major League Baseball has
returned to Taiwan and we look forward to seeing more games played here in
the future."
There are currently 28 players from Taiwan playing in Major League
organizations including two on Major League rosters.
The most recent MLB trip to Taiwan was in March 2010 when the Los Angeles
Dodgers traveled to the country to play a two-game series against the Chinese
Professional Baseball League All-Stars. Major League Baseball and the MLBPA
are committed to introducing the game at all levels, including providing a
showcase for the best baseball talent from all over the world. From the World
Baseball Classic to Opening Series, Spring Training Games and All-Star
Exhibitions, together MLB and the MLBPA have dramatically expanded the
platform for international events, bringing MLB teams and players to fans in
Canada, China, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico,
Taiwan and Venezuela.