New CPBL head eyes expansionLOVE FOR BASEBALL: Finding a corporation with the money and passion to sponsor a team would not be easy, but interest was brewing in Kaohsiung, Tsai saidBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterDeputy Legislative Speaker Tsai Chi-chang (蔡其昌), who is to takeover as head of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), on Thursday said he would add a sixth team to the league. Tsai made the remarks after he was tapped to head the organization when CPBL commissioner John Wu (吳志揚) finishes his second term next month. Tsai outlined his vision for the league, saying that finding corporate backers to start a sixth team was a top priority. “Then the CPBL can grow more vigorously, and have different combinations for game matchups.”However, Tsai said he knows it would not be easy. “The CPBL in the past decade has operated with four teams, and waited a long time to welcome the Wei Chuan Dragons back.

Source: Taipei Times December 26, 2020 18:56 UTC