After the game, the players happily stood on the podium, and golden ribbons were sprayed to cheer them on. (Photo source: Central News Agency)
[Watch China, November 24, 2024]In today’s championship game of the top 12 baseball tournament in the world, the Taiwan team was not afraid to face the powerful enemy Japan. After Lin Jiazheng hit the Yangchun Cannon in the 5th inning, captain Chen Jiexian hit another 3-point cannon to defeat them. In Japan, the Taiwan team defeated Japan 4-0 in the final game and won the world’s first honor for the first time in history.
After successfully winning the world No. 1 honor for the first time in team history, head coach Zeng Haoju (front right) took a group photo with the team after the game, and the whole team shared the joy of the gold medal.
The Taiwanese team in the top 12 baseball tournament in the world wrote a new page in the history of Taiwanese baseball at the Tokyo Dome in Japan on the evening of the 24th.
In the 5th inning of this game, the Taiwanese team relied on Lin Jiazheng to hit a Yangchun cannon to start the offensive. Then Chen Chenwei hit a hit, Lin Li picked a walk, and Chen Jiexian hit a 3-point cannon for the second time in this tournament, scoring 4 points. Leading from 0.
In the 7th inning, the Taiwan team’s offensive resumed. After Chen Chenwei and Lin Li had hits, they launched a double steal to capture the second and third bases. Then Chen Jiexian and Lin Anke suffered strikeouts. Pan Jiekai hit a guerrilla ground ball and slid the base with his head. The initial call was for a safety on base, but after a television-assisted replay, the call was changed to an out.
The Taiwan team reported that Pan Jie-kai suffered a slight dislocation of his left little finger due to a base slide. He was currently sent to the hospital for treatment after being fixed by the team doctor.
In the end, the Taiwan team defeated Japan 4-0 and won the championship of the 3rd Top 12 Tournament. This was the first time in the history of Taiwanese baseball that it won the championship in a world-class baseball tournament (non-age division). It also made the Japanese team 27 in the international competition. The winning streak was interrupted, Japan’s baseball dominance was stopped, and Taiwan also made history.
Taiwan’s starting pitcher Lin Yu-min pitched 69 pitches in 4 innings, allowing only 1 hit, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts, and no runs. Then Zhang Yi took over in the 5th inning. Although he was given 2 hits, he successfully resolved the crisis. In the 6th and 7th innings, he even performed 6 ups and 6 downs, pitching a total of 3 innings with 38 pitches and striking out 3 times. No points lost.
In the 8th inning, Chen Guanyu defeated three Japanese batters in a row. In the 9th inning, Lin Kaiwei boarded the plate and closed the game smoothly. The four pitchers of the Taiwanese team teamed up to completely seal the Japanese batting line. In the end, Zhang Yi won the winning shot, winning the fifth win across the top 12.
Top 12 Taiwan won the championship. Foreign media described it as “the greatest night” and praised Chen Jiexian for his omnipotence.
Taiwan captain Chen Jiexian successfully fired a 3-pointer in the first half to expand the team’s lead. Chen Jiexian shouted excitedly, and the fans on the sidelines also happily unfurled the flag of the Republic of China.
The Taiwan team’s four pitchers, Lin Yumin, Zhang Yi, Chen Guanyu and Lin Kaiwei, performed well together. Japan only allowed four scattered hits and no points in the game.
The US “Sports Illustrated” reported a report with the title “Lin Yu-min led Taiwan to defeat Japan in the Top 12 championship game.” The article wrote that Lin Yu-min pitched 4 innings tonight and only allowed one hit and three strikeouts. , 2 walks.
The report mentioned that Lin Yumin is currently playing in the 3A system of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. Lin Jiazheng, who started the game today, and Lin Kaiwei, who had a scoreless inning as a reliever, have also been in the Diamondbacks minor leagues.
The “Japan Times” report was titled “Taiwan upset the Japanese Samurai to win the top 12 championship.”
Nevin said that the Japanese Samurai team has long been accustomed to being the center of attention in international competitions, especially at home. However, in the Top 12 finals, the No. 1 team in the world was relegated to a supporting role in what may be the greatest night in Taiwanese baseball history.
The Kyodo News report was titled “Chen Jiexian is omnipotent, Taiwan beats Japan to win the top 12 championship.” The report pointed out that in the second half of the fourth inning, when the Japanese team had one out and one on base, Chen Jiexian hit Shota Morishita to center left field. A deep fly ball caught Japan’s possible one-run double.
Taiwan team Lin Kaiwei (left) stepped on the board in the 9th inning to stage a bye double play and win the historic championship. He celebrated with his teammate Zhu Yuxian (right).
At the moment of victory, the players excitedly rushed onto the field to hug each other and cheer in celebration.
At the end of the 9th inning, Taiwan team Lin Kaiwei (back) boarded the plate and closed the game smoothly. He hugged happily with catcher Dai Peifeng (front and back) and shouted to celebrate the victory.
After the game, Chen Jiexian rushed into the field holding the flag of the Republic of China to celebrate the victory with his teammates. At one point, he was so emotional that he squatted on the field and could not get up.
The top 12 were never expected to win the championship and saw the change of a new generation in the Taiwanese team.
The Taiwan team in the previous two World Top 12 Baseball Championships was managed by Guo Taiyuan and Hong Yizhong respectively. This time, Zeng Haoju took over the responsibility of head coach. Zeng Haoju once said frankly that there is pressure to put on the national team jersey, but he will regard it as an honor. Lead every player, believe in the coaching staff and players, and hope to lead the team to impress.
It can be seen from the small details in the preliminaries, including showing love to the players when lining up. Zeng Haoju interacted with the players without a sense of distance. He also emotionally confessed: “This is a good team. I want to tell them that I love them.” ”
The top 12 competition started with team formation. First, forced pitcher Xu Ruoxi was unable to participate due to team planning. As strong pitcher Zhang Yucheng, forced pitcher Gu Lin Ruiyang, and foreign pitcher Pan Wenhui were dismissed due to injuries, although their fighting strength was not as good as expected, the outside world was not optimistic about it. His voice was loud, but Zeng Haoju always believed in the team.
During the selection process of the top 12 competition, Zeng Haoju mentioned many times that the pitchers were the most difficult to choose. Among the pitchers finally selected, only Chen Guanyu, Guo Junlin, Zhang Yi, Huang Zipeng, Lin Kaiwei and Chen Guanwei had first-level qualifications, but this time For the second time, Taiwan’s pitching staff had an excellent defensive rating, with a team defensive rating of 2.51. In terms of batting, the team had 10 home runs and a batting average of 2.65, with outstanding performance in both pitching and batting.
When the official match started, “Taiwan Captain” Chen Jiexian revealed that Zeng Haoju encouraged everyone not to treat it as a competition, but to treat it as passing through levels. Don’t look at the back first, and go through each level one level at a time.
Zeng Haoju led the Taiwanese team, which has the youngest average player age of 24.5 years in this top 12 tournament, through each level. It won 4 wins and 1 loss in the preliminaries, ranked second in the group, advanced to the semi-finals, and entered the championship game with 1 win and 2 losses in the semi-finals. Against the big devil Japan, they won the first championship in the history of the world-class non-age-specific adult baseball team with 4-0, ending the 27-game winning streak in the Japan International Series.
From the comments that I really wanted to win against South Korea, and even if Japan lost with a close score difference, it would be an honor to lose, to beating Japan to win the championship on the world-class stage, and successfully seeing the generational change of the Taiwan representative team, Zeng Haoju led the Taiwan team to write “Belong to Our history”. However, Zeng Haoju said that he will not be satisfied with this. This success has proved that he can compete with the world’s top teams, and he believes that he will continue to do so in the future.
Hitting coach Peng Zhengmin (front left) was happy to win the gold medal at the award ceremony, and player Guo Junlin (front right) couldn’t hide his joy.
Zeng Haoju: I am proud of my players and believe in myself and have the courage to dream.
The Taiwanese team defeated the Japanese team 4-0 in the top 12 championship match today, shattering Japan’s dream of consecutive championships. Head coach Zeng Haoju said, “Life has infinite possibilities. I would like to thank the players for having the courage to dream and achieve what they want to do. Let’s find our original intention together. Today’s joy belongs to fans and baseball people across Taiwan.”
Zeng Haoju did not take any credit for leading the players to become the world’s No. 1 player. He emphasized, “This is the story of this group of players, but don’t be satisfied with it. This is just a small step. We can slowly get closer to power and keep pushing ourselves.” However, this time the top 12 Taiwanese heroes were not afraid of strong opponents to win the championship. Zeng Haoju said: “I also want to tell all baseball people to believe in themselves and dream bravely.”
At the moment when the championship was confirmed, many players including captain Chen Jiexian burst into tears. Zeng Haoju was asked if he wanted to cry. He said: “Not yet, I am still in joy.” Zeng Haoju also said that all this is It’s so unreal, “But we really did it. As the head coach of the Taiwan team, the players make me proud.”
Zeng Haoju took over the task of head coach of the top 12 Taiwan team in March this year. Talking about the most stressful moment in the process, he said frankly, “It should be when selecting people. During all this process, we put people together bit by bit.” Qi, let’s see how to play the game and complete this task in the end.”
This time we were never favored by the outside world, and today people are cheering for the Taiwan team in the streets and alleys. Zeng Haoju said, “Actually, I know that many Taiwanese fans care about Taiwan baseball very much. Of course, there are also many fans who are not optimistic about us at the beginning, but I hope You don’t need to apologize to us, as long as you fully support Taiwan baseball and make the entire environment better and better, that’s enough.”
Taiwan team head coach Zeng Haoju (front 3rd from left) stepped forward to celebrate the glorious moment with the players after the game.
Head coach Zeng Haoju (left) led his players around the field after the game to pay tribute to all supporting fans and also interacted with the public by high-fiving.
Top 12 Taiwan captain Chen Jiexian won the MVP and cried in tears: We made history, this championship is a miracle
Chen Jiexian (front), the captain of Taiwan in the top 12 baseball tournament in the world, hit a 3-pointer in the championship game against Japan on the 24th. He was one of the contributors to the victory. After the game, he was selected as the tournament’s most valuable player. After the award, he held up the medal in salute.
The moment the Taiwan team was confirmed to win the championship, Chen Jiexian’s eyes immediately turned red with tears. He said that he had not been favored all the way, “but our team is really great. We worked hard to the end and won the championship. I want to say to the Taiwanese fans, Please love us, please support us, please don’t give up on us”.
Chen Jiexian also admitted that he did not expect the Taiwan team to reach the championship level. “Thank you to my teammates. We are really united. When I went up to attack, I didn’t feel that I would lose because my teammates were very strong and had reached the bases. I also Believe in my teammates.”
Chen Jiexian also admitted that he still found it incredible, “But we made history and created miracles. This championship is a miracle for us. If you have a dream, be brave and go for it. You can definitely do it.”
As the captain, Chen Jiexian led the young students this time. He said frankly: “The pressure is really great, because I know it will be very challenging for Taiwan to compete with the world, but I told my teammates that there is no need to set goals. Go far, take every step carefully every day, and you will reach the end if you walk slowly.”
When asked about the people he wanted to thank, Chen Jiexian pointed out that there were too many people to thank, but he couldn’t help but burst into tears when talking about his family, “During the season, I told my wife in September that I wanted to give you your birthday gift. I will give you the annual MVP. I can’t achieve it, but I want to tell my wife that this championship is dedicated to you and I love you.”
Chen Jiexian also thanked his father in heaven, “Finally, I want to thank my parents in heaven. I am very proud of your son.”
Lin Yumin, the starting pitcher against Japan and South Korea in the top 12 games: Thanks to the outside world for not being optimistic, which makes us more motivated
On the evening of the 24th at the Tokyo Dome, the Taiwanese team introduced long-standing ace pitcher Lin Yu-min as the starter.
The 21-year-old pitcher Lin Yu-min is the youngest player of the Taiwanese team in this top 12 tournament. He carries the ace pitching sign and shows his ace skills. Lin Yu-min has been a regular in the national team since he was an amateur player. Dare to fight, dare to rush, and refuse to admit defeat are his characteristics. In the baseball stage, they are the team that won the 2019 U18 World Cup Taiwan team. In this top 12 competition, they will step on a higher level to prove themselves.
Lin Yumin pitched 4.2 innings against South Korea in the preliminaries and allowed 2 runs. Today, he started again against Japan in the championship game. He started the game with 6 outs. He did not get an infield hit until the 3rd inning, but he did not allow his opponent to continue their offensive. He started 4 games without allowing a run and was one of the contributors to the Taiwanese team’s championship.
Lin Yumin said that no matter how hard the coaching staff, players, and logistics team worked hard, he only pitched 4 innings today, but the bullpen pitchers did a good job. They scored 4 runs in the first half, which was a big deal for the pitchers. the stabilizing force.
Lin Yumin believes that the team atmosphere is very good this time. Although it was not optimistic before the game, the outside world thought that the representative team’s lineup was not good, and it might be brushed off in the preliminaries. “But we won 4 wins, successfully came to Tokyo, and entered the championship game. Even win the championship.”
Lin Yumin thanked the unfavorable voices for giving everyone more motivation. The moment he won the championship, he was really touched.
Taiwan Baseball Top 12 reached the top spot. President Tsai Chi-chang praised: World Champion
After the game, Tsai Chi-chang (2nd from left), president of the Central Vocational School, congratulated Taiwan team head coach Zeng Haoju (front right) on the sidelines for leading his team to win the historic championship.
The Taiwanese team played against the Japanese team in the top 12 baseball championship game today. Lin Jiazheng started the offensive in the 5th inning, and then Chen Jiexian added a decisive 3-point shot to expand the lead. American youngster Lin Yu-min, top 12 top scorer Zhang Yi and others teamed up to block the game. In the end, the Taiwan team won 4-0, creating the first time in team history to win the championship in a world-class adult baseball event (non-age division).
It is worth mentioning that the Taiwan team has been questioned by the outside world since the player list was announced. It was even rated second to last in terms of strength by the Japanese media SportsNavi before the game, only better than Australia. However, this group of Taiwanese heroes withstood the pressure and shattered the unfavorable outlook of the outside world through their own performance. They surprised fans from the preliminaries. Now they not only become world champions, but also cut off the Japanese Samurai team’s 27-game winning streak in international competitions.
Cai Qichang, president of the secondary school responsible for the training of first-level international competitions, played an important role in the top 12. Not only did he go to the scene to coordinate various logistical matters, including securing a return charter flight, hoping to allow the players to return to Taiwan in business class.
Cai Qichang expressed excitedly on social media after the game that the Taiwanese team was never favored in the top 12, and then it went all the way. Finally, in the championship game at the Tokyo Dome tonight, it successfully stopped the 27-game winning streak in the Japan International Championship. Win the world championship.
Click to view Gu Zhongliang, chairman of the Baseball Association (front in black), also came to congratulate and held the trophy high to celebrate the victory.
The Taiwanese team won the top 12 tournament. The President: Fighter planes accompanied the players to welcome them home and held a heroes parade.
President Lai posted on Facebook in the evening, “Baseball Hero! Taiwan is brave!” He wanted to congratulate the Taiwan Hero for defeating the Japanese Samurai 4-0 and winning the World Top 12 Baseball Championship.
The president pointed out that this is the first time in 32 years since the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 that Taiwan has entered the world championships, and even won the world championship. He believes that “Taiwan’s national football is not about winning, it is about going all out and never giving up on wonderful football!”
The president thanked Taiwan’s heroes for writing history with baseball, winning an unprecedented championship, brilliant fielding, and active base running. “You united the country, made the whole country crazy, and made the world admire Taiwan!”
The president also thanked all coaches, support staff, and every tenth man who cheered for the Taiwan team from the sidelines or in front of the screen; he said that everyone is a member of Team Taiwan, and the championship belongs to everyone. of.
In addition, President Lai said that fighter planes will be arranged to accompany the heroes to welcome them home. He will also receive the national team at the Presidential Palace and hold a heroes parade to welcome Taiwan’s heroes who have returned triumphantly.
Lin Jiacheng (2nd from right) of the Taiwanese team in the World Top 12 Baseball Tournament made his first appearance in the crucial championship game of this tournament. He took the lead in scoring the first point for Taiwan and boosted morale. He returned to the dugout and high-fived his teammates.
In the bottom of the 5th inning, Taiwan team pitcher Zhang Yi (pictured) came to the plate to relieve.
Taiwanese fans at the Tokyo Stadium also held high slogans and celebrated together.
The Taiwanese team of the top 12 baseball teams in the world competed with the Japanese team at the Tokyo Dome on the 24th to compete for the championship. Fans raised the flags of Taiwan and Japan at the same time to symbolize the friendship between Taiwan and Japan, and were happy for Taiwan to win.
On the evening of the 24th, the New Taipei City Government broadcast the World Top 12 Baseball Championship game live on the big screen at the Civic Plaza. When the Taiwanese team won, many people at the scene cheered and waved the flag of the Republic of China excitedly.
A large number of Taiwanese fans gathered outside the Tokyo Dome and made homemade slogans to cheer for the Taiwan team.
A large number of people gathered at Xiangdi Plaza in Xinyi District, Taipei City on the evening of the 24th to watch the live broadcast of the game and cheer for the Taiwan team.
The Taipei 101 building lit up lights and typed the words “World Champion” to support the Taiwanese team. (The above pictures are all from Central News Agency)
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