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The Beijing Olympics are everything you’d thought they’d beAt least we can say the Winter Olympics are practiced at holding their events in a communist dictatorship, as they’ve held two of the last three in one. We’re just about three or four days into the whole thing, and already the stories of athletes being held against their will, shitty facilities, unp...

IOC makes it clear what it isThe case of tennis player Peng Shuai gets scarier by the day. Jane McManus covered the first steps a couple days ago. Since then, the Chinese government, through their propaganda channels, released a statement that Peng is safe, except no one believes the evidence it produced. Which is what any reas...

Taiwanese baseball sets a new high bar for pregame antics tightrope walkerAt this time last year, Taiwanese baseball was just about the only live sports happening on the planet, and as enjoyable as it was to see something that felt close to normal during the chaos of the early stages of the pandemic, the Chinese Professional Baseball League has receded to lesser global pr...

SEE IT! Taiwanese baseball player robs homer, but plays possum & lets batter circle bases before revealing prize

A bit of advice for the next time you find yourself in Taiwan: Don’t play poker with Fubon Guardians center fielder Lin Che-Hsuan. You won’t find a better bluffer....

Manny Being Manny, Sitting Around During A Pandemic, Watching Taiwanese Baseball And Saying, 'I Can Hit These Guys'

Can Manny Ramirez really still play?...

I Watched Live Taiwanese Baseball Today. Man, Was It Fun

While the United States is busy formulating plans to get back to having sports, even as there are places where the coronavirus pandemic has yet to peak, Taiwan provided a glimpse on Wednesday of what that return to play might look like, as well as what competent handling of a situation actually does...

Taiwan Jones Injured On Helmet-To-Head Hit

Taiwan Jones suffered a scary-looking injury in the third quarter of the Bills’ game against the Chargers today. He picked up a muffed punt, lost his helmet and took a helmet-to-head hit in his own end zone....

Watch Your Head

After bouncing around the minors for a while, Canadian pitcher Scott Richmond is plying his craft in the Chinese Professional Baseball League with the EDA Rhinos. Whether through sublime reflexes or blind luck, Richmond managed to turn one of the slickest and fastest double plays you’ll see all year...

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The Ballad Of Po-Jung Wang, Bat-Flipping Maniac

Po-Jung Wang is a rookie in the Chinese Professional Baseball League, currently playing for the Lamigo Monkeys and hitting .398. He hit a nice big dinger on Sunday and unleashed a mighty bat flip off towards his dugout. The bat flip has been drained of most of its subversive qualities (the official ...

by Patrick Redford|

|Tue Jun 07 2016

The Only Super Bowl Preview You Need Is This Taiwanese Animation

The Super Bowl is on today at some time or another, and if you aren’t gonna check out Drill My Gay Stepson!, American football is an okay substitute I suppose....

by Patrick Redford|

|Sun Feb 07 2016

Report: Dodgers To Sign Taiwanese Pitcher Who Was Banned For Game-Fixing

According to the Los Angeles Times, the Dodgers are close to signing 33-year-old pitcher Chin-Hui Tsao to a minor league contract. You may remember Tsao from his days as a top prospect in the Rockies' organization (lol, sure), but what he's most famous for is getting banned from baseball in Taiwan a...

by Tom Ley|

|Tue Dec 30 2014

First Pitch From Taiwanese Baseball Game Is Weird As Hell

What the hell?...

by Tom Ley|

|Wed Jul 09 2014

Saturday's Iron Bowl Gets The Wacko Taiwanese Animation Treatment

The Taiwanese studio Next Media Animation, which will animate pretty much anything nowadays, have offered their calculatingly bizarre take on this weekend's Auburn-Alabama rivalry game. Come for the players attacking a giant panda, stay for the Toomer's Corner oaks being destroyed (again) by urine a...

by Reuben Fischer-Baum|

|Fri Nov 29 2013

Baseball Argument Escalates Into Umpire Grabbing Manager By The Throat

More zaniness from Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League, the only baseball league in the world that really matters. And this one involves Manny Ramirez's old team, the EDA Rhinos, in a recent game against the Brother Elephants. Man, even the baseball team names in Taiwan are perfect....

by Dom Cosentino|

|Fri Sep 06 2013

Let's Watch The Raiders' Taiwan Jones Jump Over A Car For $200

A bunch of Oakland Raiders went out for Darren McFadden's 26th birthday the other night. It was a momentous occasion. Taiwan Jones, a running back who was switched to cornerback during the offseason, jumped over a BMW for $200. Tyvon Branch posted it to Instagram. A good time was had by all....

by Dom Cosentino|

|Fri Aug 30 2013

"He’s just like a child. This guy hit 555 homers in the major leagues, and he’s coming here trying to learn from kids about how they swing. I’m like, what? Are you fucking kidding me?" A look at how Taiwan remade Manny Ramirez. [BuzzFeeᴅ]...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Fri Jul 12 2013

Manny Ramirez Is Leaving Taiwan

After three months as the single most popular person in Taiwan, Manny Ramirez will leave the EDA Rhinos by week's end. Weep not, Manny fans, because he's probably headed for the greener, more lucrative pastures of Japan....

by Barry Petchesky|

|Wed Jun 19 2013

Another Manny Ramirez Home Run, Another Batshit Taiwanese Call

Make that eight home runs on the season for one Manny Ramirez of the Chinese Professional Baseball League's EDA Rhinos. It's been a few weeks since we've had a fantastic Manny Takes Taiwan highlight for you. But this announcer's call might be the best one yet....

by Dom Cosentino|

|Fri Jun 07 2013

Manny Ramirez Continues To Bring Us Wonderful Highlights From Taiwan

No prodigious homers or announcers and fans going apeshit in this one. Just a classic case of Manny being Manny....

by Tom Ley|

|Mon May 13 2013

This Video Of Manny Ramirez's Latest Home Run Is Amazing In Every Way

Manny Ramirez today hit his third home run of the season for the EDA Rhinos, tying him for the league lead in the CPBL. But that's beside the point. You've got to see and hear this latest Manny blast to fully appreciate it....

by Dom Cosentino|

|Wed Apr 24 2013

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