Junwei Yu

Playing in Isolation

A History of Baseball in Taiwan

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Produktbeschreibung

Junwei Yu is an assistant professor in the Department of Recreation and Sport Management at Shu Te University in Taiwan. He has served as an official scorer in the International Baseball Association Under-16 Tournament and as an interpreter for the 2001 World Baseball Cup.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 249
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 151mm x 221mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780803211407
• ISBN-10: 0803211406
• Artikelnr.: 21366100

Autorenporträt

Junwei Yu is an assistant professor in the Department of Recreation and Sport Management at Shu Te University in Taiwan. He has served as an official scorer in the International Baseball Association Under-16 Tournament and as an interpreter for the 2001 World Baseball Cup.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
 
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Note on Romanization of Chinese Names
Introduction
1. Wooden-Ball Finds a Home, 1895-1945
2. The Golden Era of Baseball, 1946-1967
3. The Myth of Hongye and the LLB Championship, 1968-1974
4. A Drastic Decline in Baseball's Population, 1975-1989
5. The Birth of Professional Baseball, 1990-1995
6. Multiple Crises, 1996-2001
7. The 2001 World Cup: A Turning Point?
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Taiwanese teams in Little League (under-13)
Appendix 2. Taiwanese teams in Senior League (age 13-15)
Appendix 3. Taiwanese teams in Big League (age 16-18)
Appendix 4. IBA under-19 competition
Appendix 5. Taiwanese players signed by Japanese pro clubs before the CPBL
Appendix 6. Taiwanese players signed by Japanese and Korean amateur clubs
after World War II
Appendix 7. Sentences and fines for pro baseball gambling and match-fixing
in 1997
Appendix 8. Twenty-seven players suspected of match-fixing but released for
lack of evidence
Appendix 9. Taiwanese players signed by foreign pro clubs after the
creation of the CPBL
Notes
Bibliography
Index