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The Macoto Cobras (誠泰Cobras) is a professional baseball team belonging to the Chinese Professional Baseball League(CPBL). This team's history can be traced back to early 2001 when local Macoto Bank started to sponser Taiwan Major League(TML)'s Taipei Gida, taking over from the original sponser Sampo Corporation. After TML's merger with CPBL in early 2003, Macoto Bank decided to run one of the 2 absorbed TML teams and the new team Macoto Gida(誠泰太陽) was formed accordingly along with its sister team First Financial Holdings Agan. Interestingly, during the merger draft Macoto Bank picked the bulk of Macoto Gida's players from Taichung Agan and Chiayi-Tainan Luka, but not the original Taipei Gida. Macoto Bank went on running and changed the team's mascot to animal-style cobras following CPBL's regulations in early 2004.
In 2004 and 2005 this club was head-coached by Taigen Kaku, a legendary Taiwanese pitcher who played for Seibu Lions for 13 years. In 2005 this team competed with Sinon Bulls in the CPBL championships, but was defeated 0-4.
Following the merger of Macoto Bank into Shin Kong Financial Holdings in January 2006, this team is currently being rumored to be sold in early 2007. The Foxconn Corporation is reportedly interested.
[edit] Regular Season Records
| Season |
First Half-Season |
Second Half-Season |
| Wins |
Losses |
Ties |
Pct. |
Place |
Wins |
Losses |
Ties |
Pct. |
Place |
| 2003 |
21 |
27 |
2 |
.438 |
5 |
9 |
37 |
4 |
.196 |
6 |
| 2004 |
26 |
24 |
0 |
.520 |
4 |
17 |
30 |
3 |
.362 |
6 |
| 2005 |
29 |
20 |
2 |
.592 |
1 |
21 |
23 |
6 |
.477 |
5 |
| 2006 |
24 |
24 |
2 |
.500 |
4 |
24 |
26 |
0 |
.480 |
3 |
[edit] Playoff Records
[edit] Notable Players
[edit] Notable Former Players
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