Taiwan Olympic Rosters

I found this on the Internet regarding Taiwan's preliminary Olympic roster, but I can not read Chinese. [Link - Chinese Taipei Baseball Association - in Chinese]

Can someone please translate this? Thank you.

This is just an observance list, not the final roaster.

執行教練 Manager
徐生明 Sheng-ming Hsu (China Turst)

教練 Coaches 4名
林易增 Yi-tseng Lin (Brother Elephants)
李來發 Lai-fa Li (National Training Team)
楊賢銘 Hsien-ming Yang (Fubon)
酒井光次郎 Mitsujiro Sakai

旅外投手 Overseas Players 9名
曹錦輝 Chin-hui Tsao (Rockies)
王建民 Chien-ming Wang (Yankees)
郭泓志 Hung-chih Kuo (Dodgers)
鄭錡鴻 Chi-hung Cheng (Blue Jays)
黃俊中 Chun-chung Huang (Red Sox)
羅錦龍 Chin-lung Luo (Rockies)
張誌家 Chih-chia Chang (Seibu)
許銘傑 Ming-chie Hsu (Seibu)
陳偉殷 Wei-yin Chen (Chunichi)

國內投手 Local Pitchers (Pro.) 7名
潘威倫 Wei-lun Pan (President Lions)
蔡仲南 Chung-nan Tsai (Sinon Bulls)
謝承勳 Cheng-hsun Hsieh (China Trust Whales)
何紀賢 Chi-hsien Ho (Sinon Bulls)
黃欽智 Chin-chih Huang (Macoto Cobras)
陽建福 Chien-fu Yang (Sinon Bulls)
林英傑 Ying-chie Lin (Macoto Cobras)

業餘投手 Local Pitchers (Amateur)4名
林岳平 Yue-ping Lin (National Training Team)
林恩宇 En-yu Lin (National Training Team)
莊宏亮 Hung-ling Chuang (National Training Team)
杜章偉 Chang-wei Tu (Meifu)

Catchers 4名
葉君璋 Chun-chang Yeh (Sinon Bulls)
陳峰民 Feng-ming Chen (La new Bears)
高志綱 Chih-kang Kao (Coop. Bank)
王信民 Hsin-min Wang (National Training Team)

Infielders 11名
蔡豐安 Feng-an Tsai (Brother Elephants)
黃忠義 Chung-yi Huang (Sinon Bulls)
馮勝賢 Sheng-hsien Feng (Brother Elephants)
鄭兆行 Chao-hang Cheng (Sinon Bulls)
陳瑞振 Jui-chen Chen (Brother Elephants)
張泰山 Tai-shan Chang (Sinon Bulls)
潘忠韋 Chung-wei Pan (La new Bears)
謝佳賢 Chia-hsien Hsieh (Macoto Cobras)
鄭昌明 Chang-ming Cheng (China Trust Whales)
許聖杰 Shen-chieh Hsu (Macoto Cobras)
陳鏞基 Yung-chi Chen (Seatle Mariners)

Outfielders 7名
彭政閔 Cheng-min Peng (Brother Elephants)
黃甘霖 Kan-lin Huang (President Lions)
陳致遠 Chih-yuan Chen (Brother Elephants)
曾華偉 Hua-wei Tseng (Sinon Bulls)
林明憲 Min-hsien Lin (Brother Elephants)
陳金鋒 Chin-feng Chen (Dodgers)
黃正偉 Cheng-wei Huang (Coop. Bank)(amateur)

I'm surprised that Huang Chia An, Wu Chao Kuan, and Hu Chin Lung aren't mentioned on the observance list. If Lo Ching Lung, Cheng Chi Hung, Chen Yung Chi, and Chen Wei Yin are being considered for the team, then you've got to look at the aforementioned 3 players.

In what's been a disappointing start for Taiwanese players in North America, Hu has been the lone bright spot - earning a well deserved SAL all star recognition. Hu definately deserves a shot in making the 2004 Olympic roster.

Thanks for the translation Will. I appreciate the effort!

Huang, Thanks for your information on the Chinese Taipei Olympic team. Cheers, Phil.

Taiwan's Olympic roster has been finalized. [Link - e-Taiwan News]

A translation would be appreciated for the following link: [Link]

The majority of the roster is posted in English at here [E-Taiwan News].

Manager:

• Hsu Sheng-ming (China Trust Whales, CPBL)

Coaches:

• Lin Yi-zheng (Brother Elephants, CPBL)
• Li Lai-fa (China Trust Whales, CPBL)
• Yang Hsian-ming (Fu Bang, Amateur)
• Sakai Jiro (something to that effect) (Baseball Committee)

Pitchers:

• Tsao Chin-hui (Colorado Rockies, MLB) 2.77 ERA in 2 GP (2 GS, 13.0 IP) (a)
• Chang Chih-chia (Seibu Lions, NPB)
• Chen Wei-yin (Chunichi Dragons, NPB) 4.86 ERA in 9 GP (16.2 IP) (b)
• Pan Wei-luen (President Lions, CPBL) 2.74 ERA in 16 GP (102.0 IP)
• Yang Chien-fu (Sinon Bulls, CPBL) 1.59 ERA in 13 GP (90.1 IP)
• Lin Ying-jeh (Makoto Cobras, CPBL) 2.02 ERA in 17 GP (107.0 IP) (114 K's)
• Wang Chien-ming (New York Yankees, MLB) 3.94 ERA in 15 GP (15 GS, 89.0 IP) (c)
• Lin Yue-ping (Guo Xun, Amateur)
• Chuang Hong-liang (Guo Xun, Amateur)
• Du Chang-wei (Mei Fu, Amateur)
• Geng Bo-shuan (Fu Bang, Amateur)

Catchers:

• Yeh Chun-chang (Sinon Bulls, CPBL) .231, 0 HRs, 4 RBIs in 44 GP
• Kao Chih-gang (He Ku, Amateur)

Infielders:

• 1B Tsai Fong-an (Brother Elephants, CPBL) .266, 9 HRs, 32 RBIs in 45 GP
  
• 1B Hsieh Jia-hsian (Makoto Cobras, CPBL) .280, 9 HRs, 42 RBIs in 56 GP
• 3B Chang Tai-shan (Sinon Bulls, CPBL) .303, 10 HRs, 44 RBIs in 55 GP
• SS Cheng Chang-ming (China Trust Whales, CPBL) .202, 0 HRs, 15 RBIs in 54 GP
• 2B Huang Long-yi (Sinon Bulls, CPBL) .326, 5 HRs, 19 RBIs in 52 GP
• SS Cheng Jau-hang (Sinon Bulls, CPBL) .268, 3 HRs, 25 RBIs in 54 GP
• Chen Yong-ji (Shui Shou, Amateur)

Outfielders:

• 1B/OF Pang Cheng-ming (Brother Elephants, CPBL) .418, 12 HRs, 40 RBIs in 54 GP
• CF Chen Chih-yuan (Brother Elephants, CPBL) .306, 9 HRs, 37 RBIs in 55 GP
• Chen Chin-feng (Los Angles Dodgers, MLB) .300, 15 HRs, 48 RBIs in 63 GP (d)
• Lin Wei-tsu (Hanshin Tigers, NPB) .236, 1 HR, 6 RBIs in 37 GP (e)

(a) on rehab assignment with Asheville Tourists and Tulsa Drillers in Colorado Rockies organization
(b) Chunichi Dragons' farm team (NPB)
(c) Trenton Thunder (AA) of New York Yankees organization
(d) Las Vegas 51's of Los Angeles Dodgers organization
(e) Hanshin Tigers' farm team (NPB)

Thank you! Anyone else surprised by some of Manager Hsu's picks?

LOL: The number of amateur pitchers > professional pitchers.

Good job CPBL.

I'm surprised that Lo (Rockies), Hu (Dodgers),and Cheng (Jays) didn't make the team.

Olympic is supposed to be a stage for young players to play anyways. I don't think there is anything to get sarcastic of.

I disagree with you. I think the Olympics is for the best athletes in the world to represent thier countries, whomever they may be.

That's why the "Dream Team" was invented for the 1992 Olympics after bunch of college kids only helped the USA to get a bronze medal at a sport they should be dominate and beat everyone by as least 20-30 points. And 12 years has gone by, what a shame a bunch of NBA stars are turning down the offer to represent the U.S. in the Olympics.

So, how come MLB players are not allowed to play the Olympics? Excluding the MLB players in the Olympic is equivalent to excluding "the best athletes," for whichever their countries might be.

[Admin: This thread is degenerating into Olympic politics rather than the Taiwanese team. Let's try to get back on topic.]

Does anyone know any information of another Taiwanese National Team (one with younger players, that is, I would assume)? The team is coming to Durham, NC for a couple games next week against Team USA, who is just playing for pride with bunch of college players. Any info would be appreciated.

I'm going to go the ballpark office tomorrow and ask them if they've got the roster available. But if anyone has any info about another Taiwanese National Team, please let me know!

Can you read Chinese? Amateur national team rosters are here: Link.

I e-mailed them couple days ago and they send me the roster in English, and yes I can read Chinese and they seem to match beside the Japanese coach on the team.

Here is what I got:

No  Position    Name
81  Head Coach  YANG, SHIEN-MING
72  Coach       LIU, CHIN-SHN
65  Coach       LIN, KUN-HAN
80  Coach       SAKAI, MITSUJIRO
    Trainer     HSU, CHIA-EN

11  P           LIN, YUEH-PING
15  P           KAO, MIN-CHING
21  P           WANG, KUO-CHENG
25  P           TU, CHANG-WEI
37  P           WU,JUI-HSIN
46  P           LAI, CHUN-NAN
56  P           KENG, PO-HSUAN
60  P           PAN,CHIEN-TSUNG
61  P           SHEN, YU-CHIEH
91  P           LIN, EN-YU
98  P           CHUANG, HUNG-LIANG

 8  C           WANG, HSIN-MIN
22  C           WENG, TSAI-SHENG
34  C           KAO, CHIH-KANG

 5  IF          YANG, PO-JEN
 9  IF          HUANG, SHIH-HAO
10  IF          LIU, KENG-HSIN
14  IF          WANG, SHENG-WEI
23  IF          TIEN, HSIEN-MING
31  IF          CHEN, CHIA-WEI
43  IF          HUANG, HSIAO-WEI

 7  OF          CHAN, CHIH-YAO
13  OF          LEE, HUNG-YU
20  OF          HUANG, CHENG-WEI
45  OF          KUO, CHUN-YU

Is there a site that contains the roster with the players' birthday, ht/wt, and their hometown? I compared the roster with the one for the Olympics and see about 5 players are on both teams.

Also, are there any tips of who might be signed and play in the U.S. in the future?

Sup Frank,

I think this roster represents Taiwan's collegiate level National Team that will play later this month in the World University Baseball Championships in Taiwan.

Here's the boxscore/story for Thursday's game between Taiwan and USA: [Link - USABaseball.com, in English]

I don't know too much about most of the players, but the ones I do know about are:

• Tu Chang-Wei/P 6-02, 187 lbs, born May 11, 1982
  This dude was the MVP of last year's NBC World Series Championship held in Wichita, KS. I think he only throws in the mid 80's, but from what was said about him, he throws a great changeup.


• Keng Po Hsuan/P
  In a previous post, Kennywur stated "Bo-Hsuan Gan, now 19 years old, could often throw 88-91 mph fastball. He says he will join the Toronto Bluejays this September." This kid also played on the silver medal winning AAA National Team for Taiwan in 2002 on a star studded team that included Hu Chin Lung (Dodgers), Chen Wei Yin (Dragons), and Wu Chao Kuan (Mariners)


• Lin Yueh Ping/P 5-11 161 lbs, born Jan. 28, 1982
  He is a veteran of international competition and has pitched in a number of tournaments for Chinese Taipei with mixed results.


• Kao Chih Kang/C 5-11 165 lbs, born February 7, 1981
  He was the hero for the National Team in 2003's win over South Korea during the Olympic qualifying games for Asia.

Additional bio info for players that I could muster up are:

• Chuang Hung Liang/P 184 cm 80 kg, born October 22, 1980
• Lin En Yu/P 185 cm 80 kg, born March 25, 1981
• Weng Tsai Sheng/C 170 cm 68 kg, born January 29, 1982
• Chen Chia Wei/IF 186 cm 85 kg, born ?
• Chan Chih Yao/OF 178 cm 72 kg, born January 2, 1983
  *member of the talented 2001 junior National Team that included Hu (Dodgers), Chen Yung Chi (Mariners), Cheng Chi Hung (BlueJays), Lo Ching Lung (Rockies)
• Huang Cheng Wei/OF 180 cm 77 kg, born February 11, 1984
  *fellow member of the 2001 junior National Team

Misc:

• Kuo Chun Yu/OF was a member of the silver medal 2002 AAA(junior) NT and hit .323 in that tourney.

I think that Tu Chang Wei and Keng Po Hsuan are probably two of the most likely to get signed to play pro ball in the U.S. Anyone else with any input?

Yo Andrew, I think BaseballAmerica has "borrowed" your English translation of team Taiwan. Check out their link: [Link]. The spelling of the players are exactly the same as the way you spelled them.

I think they should be aware that IF Chen Yong-Ji (amateur) is actually also known as Chen Yung-Chi here in the U.S. and is playing for Everett in the Seattle Mariners organization.

BA should give credit where credit's due! I think this site and it's patrons give the most advanced, up to date info in English on Taiwan baseball. Thank you all!

Thanks dude.

I went to the game yesterday, what a great 6-5 win by Taiwan. Nice to see about 50+ Taiwanese fans show up to support the team. I had my 3' x 5' Taiwanese flag waving throughout the game.

I talked to coach Yang and Lin for a while as well as Chun-Nan Lai. I'll probably go to tonight's game as well.