Taipei Gida
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Taipei Gida (台北太陽) was a Taiwanese Professional baseball team from 1997 to 2002. It was one of the four Taiwan Major League(TML) teams and was based in Taipei. Its historical sponsors included local Sampo Corporation and Macoto Bank, so the team was called "Taipei Sampo Gida" (台北聲寶太陽) or "Taipei Macoto Gida" (台北誠泰太陽).
The team's history could be traced back to 1991 when Sampo Corporation's then-chairman Chen Sheng-tian (陳盛沺) started to sponsor Chinese Culture University's baseball team. After these student players graduated, Chen formed the amateur baseball team Sampo Giants to host them; he tried to enter Chinese Professional Baseball League starting 1992. Strangely, Chen's applications were repeatedly rejected, so he decided to cooperate with TVBS's then-chairman Chiu Fu-sheng (邱復生) to form TML and turned Sampo Giants into Taipei Gida. However, Chen finally ceased to support this team by the end of 2000 after long-time losing. Macoto Bank took it up later.
The team's historical performance was not bad, winning the championship twice during TML's 6-season short history. After TML's merger with the Chinese Professional Baseball League in early 2003, the team was absorbed by First Financial Holdings Agan and later La New Bears.
[edit] Historical performance
| Year | Win | Loss | Tie | Win-Loss% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 53 | 43 | 0 | .552 |
| 1998 | 53 | 53 | 2 | .500 |
| 1999 | 48 | 33 | 3 | .593 |
| 2000 | 52 | 30 | 2 | .634 |
| 2001 | 31 | 27 | 2 | .534 |
| 2002 | 31 | 39 | 2 | .443 |
| Total | 268 | 225 | 11 | .544 |
[edit] Notable former players
[edit] References
| Professional Baseball in Taiwan : Chinese Professional Baseball League(CPBL) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brother Elephants·Uni-President Lions·Sinon Bulls·Chinatrust Whales·Macoto Cobras·La New Bears | ||
| Defunct Taiwanese Professional Baseball Teams | ||
| CPBL:Wei Chuan Dragons·Mercuries Tigers·Jungo Bears·China Times Eagles·First Financial Holdings Agan TML: Taipei Gida·Taichung Agan·Chiayi-Tainan Luka·Kaohsiung-Pingtung Fala |
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| Chinese Taipei Baseball Team | ||
| Taiwan Series·Asia Series·Olympics Games·World Baseball Classic·Baseball World Cup ·Intercontinental Cup | ||
| Asian Games·Asian Cup Baseball·Chinese Taipei Baseball Association·Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee |
