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bmfc1 Oct 29 2011 07:17 AM

Now that the World Series is out of the way, we can look forward to the match-up between MLB All-Stars and Taiwan All-Stars, starting Tuesday night. And every game will be shown live on the MLB Network. Dillon Gee leads the US team starting Tuesday night. And every game will be shown live on the MLB Network 2011 TAIWAN SERIES - MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM Pitchers Bray, Bill Detwiler, Ross Gee, Dillon Guthrie, Jeremy Melancon, Mark Veras, Jose Catchers Butera, Drew Mathis, Jeff Infielders Aybar, Erick Cabrera, Miguel Cano, Robinson Morse, Michael Roberts, Ryan Sandoval, Pablo Schumaker, Skip Valencia, Danny Outfielders Bonifacio, Emilio Granderson, Curtis Morrison, Logan Game Date Time (ET) Game No. Away Team Home Team Tues., Nov. 1 9:00 p.m. Gm 1 MLB All-Stars @ Chinese Taipei Thurs., Nov. 3 9:00 p.m. Gm 2 MLB All-Stars @ Chinese Taipei Fri., Nov. 4 9:00 p.m. Gm 3 MLB All-Stars @ Chinese Taipei Sat., Nov. 5 5:00 p.m. Gm 4 MLB All-Stars @ Chinese Taipei Sun., Nov. 6 9:00 p.m. Gm 5 MLB All-Stars @ Chinese Taipei

Edgy MD Oct 29 2011 08:12 AM Re: United States @ Taiwan--IST

Well, they may not be all stars, but they're all American. They're being managed by 1982 Met Bruce Bochy (who I'm sort of suspicious of as an American manager, as he was born in France). Druew Butera heads over there with Met DNA as well. Unfortunately, he also heads there wit a .481 career OPS. Go, America!

Ashie62 Oct 29 2011 11:36 AM Re: United States @ Taiwan--IST

Some decent players there but that pitching staff is frightening.

seawolf17 Oct 29 2011 12:48 PM Re: United States @ Taiwan--IST

We really only have six pitchers? Doesn't sound like enough.

HahnSolo Oct 29 2011 12:52 PM Re: United States @ Taiwan--IST

US v. Taiwan? Let's play it in Williamsport.

Frayed Knot Oct 29 2011 03:20 PM Re: United States @ Taiwan--IST

seawolf17 wrote: We really only have six pitchers? Doesn't sound like enough. I don't think that's a complete roster - and it's certainly not a U.S. roster as there are more than a few foreign-born players on it. I suspect those are the MLB players who are participating in this tourney although not on the same team.

Edgy MD Oct 29 2011 03:34 PM Re: United States @ Taiwan--IST

I'm confident those guys represent the same team. Forgive my ignorance (gross ignorance, really), but when did we start calling Taiwan Chinese Taiepei? And why do I only really hear it referred to as such in baseball circles?

Frayed Knot Oct 29 2011 03:55 PM Re: United States @ Taiwan--IST

Well if that's one team then it's not a U.S.A. team. I'm still trying to figure out when Peking became Beijing

Ashie62 Oct 29 2011 05:31 PM Re: United States @ Taiwan--IST

Frayed Knot wrote: Well if that's one team then it's not a U.S.A. team. I'm still trying to figure out when Peking became Beijing When they ate the duck.

86-Dreamer Oct 31 2011 07:52 AM Re: United States @ Taiwan--IST

Edgy DC wrote: I'm confident those guys represent the same team. Forgive my ignorance (gross ignorance, really), but when did we start calling Taiwan Chinese Taiepei? And why do I only really hear it referred to as such in baseball circles? It has to do with whether you consider Taiwan an independent country or as a part of China, which China officially does. Major corporations. broadcast networks, sports leagues etc. that want to stay in China's good graces go with the Chinese Taipei thing.

Edgy MD Oct 31 2011 08:06 AM Re: United States @ Taiwan--IST

That's my thinking. So, I guess we've officially --- if not linguistically --- de-recognized Taiwan's independence, so MLB isn't being as un-American as all that.

Edgy MD Nov 05 2011 11:04 AM Re: United States @ Taiwan--IST

I hadn't thought about it, but I guess it's cool for Dillon to be bouncing around this tour with a chinophonic name like "Gee." MLB All-Stars win fourth straight in Taiwan Nats' Morse delivers go-ahead two-run single in sixth inning By Doug Miller / MLB.com | 11/05/11 5:35 AM ET KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan -- The venue changed, the weather heated up and the All-Stars of Major League Baseball kept on winning, but this one was close. Saturday's Game 4 in Cheng Ching Lake Stadium in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung featured good pitching, timely hitting and crisp defense from both sides. Yet, MLB once again held on at the end, using a sixth-inning two-run single from Nationals slugger Michael Morse to beat the Chinese Taipei national team, 3-2, before another boisterous crowd. "It was a great game, really," MLB and San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "I thought it was the best game so far in the series. It could have gone either way, and they played very well and pitched well. It also was a great crowd. It was a lot of fun out there today." MLB took a 4-0 lead in the five-game set heading into Sunday's finale, which also will be played in this ballpark and will air on MLB.TV and MLB Network at 9 p.m. ET on Sunday night. The matchup will feature Washington Nationals starter Chien-Ming Wang, the Taiwanese right-hander who was a two-time 19-game winner for the New York Yankees and is a national superstar. Wang will start for Chinese Taipei. "I think it's going to be a huge day here," Bochy said. "You have your local hero that has done a great job in the Major Leagues. He's got great stuff, and we expect that the fans are going to be behind him. We know we're going to be facing a very good pitcher and we're looking forward to it. "We respect what he's done on the field and what he's done for your country. I expect tomorrow to be a close ballgame and a lot of fun." On Saturday, MLB got five innings of one-run ball from Mets starter Dillon Gee. Chinese Taipei's left-hander, former Major Leaguer and current Detroit Tigers Triple-A pitcher Fu-Te Ni, matched him for 3 1/3 innings, giving up only one run on an Erick Aybar RBI triple in the third. "It was great to come back here and pitch," said Ni, who was removed because he reached his prescribed pitch count. "I spent a lot of time playing in this stadium, and it's always nice to be back." As for Gee, he gave up six base hits in his five innings, and he said the Chinese Taipei team impressed him with its tenacity. "Early in the game, it seemed like I couldn't get anybody out," Gee said. "It was just base hit after base hit after base hit. They put up a good battle at the plate. Luckily, I kind of found a groove and was able to keep them off the bases." The score remained deadlocked at 1 until the pivotal sixth. D-backs infielder Ryan Roberts worked a leadoff walk against Taiwanese reliever Yu-Hsun Chen, moved to third on a double by Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano, which was followed by Morse delivering the game-deciding hit for the second night in a row and putting MLB up, 3-1. Another key to MLB's victory on Saturday was the bullpen. Angels right-hander Trevor Bell tossed two innings after Gee departed. Bell escaped further damage by limiting Chinese Taipei to one run in the seventh after Wei-Ting Lin led off the inning with a triple and scored on a fielder's choice by Che-Hsuan Lin, a Boston Red Sox outfield prospect. Giants reliever Ramon Ramirez pitched a perfect eighth, and Reds lefty reliever Bill Bray secured the win with a shutout ninth. After the game, Lin said he was proud of how his team fought. "I think it was a good game today," Lin said through an interpreter. "Both sides played real well. It was a close game. Unfortunately, we lost by one run, but I think we're playing better and better, especially the young guys on the team." And that has been the real story of the series -- how quickly baseball is improving in Taiwan. The Taiwanese hitters worked at-bats, put the ball in play, ran down fly balls with aplomb and didn't give in. Their grit and talent has been on display all week against the highest level of competition. "They're getting better and better with each game," Cano said. "They're very emotional the way they play the game. "They pitched very well today and they play the game the right way. That's what I really like. They don't take anything for granted and they do everything the right way." Doug Miller is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @DougMillerMLB and read his MLBlog, Youneverknow. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

Edgy MD Nov 05 2011 11:16 AM Re: United States @ Taiwan--IST

Michael Mores is huge in Taiwan.