CPBL To Ease Restrictions From June 7, 2020

Taiwan's professional baseball league said Friday that from June 7 it will relax restrictions on seating and the wearing of face masks, while also resuming food and beverage sales, in line with Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) guidance allowing greater flexibility for social events.

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CPBL Team Interested In Kang Jung-Ho

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Hiroshima Lets Fans Into Practice

The Hiroshima Carp opened up some parts of Mazda Stadium on Thursday, allowing some lucky fans the chance to watch the Central League club work out during their first practice in nearly a month and a half.

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Fans Flock To CPBL Games After Relaxed Restrictions

Some 1,720 fans flocked to a baseball game played in New Taipei on Friday, one day after Taiwan's professional baseball league began relaxing its restrictions by allowing more fans into stadiums and letting them eat and drink while watching the games.

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CPBL To Allow More Fans To Attend Baseball Games Starting Friday

The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) will allow more fans to attend games played at local stadiums starting Friday, increasing the maximum attendance from 1,000 to 2,000, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Thursday.

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CPBL The First To Open Pro Baseball Games To Fans In 2020

Taiwan's professional baseball league has become the first in the world to play before spectators, admitting up to 1,000 fans to each of its two scheduled games Friday evening.

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Lost Revenue Creates Huge Challenge For MLB Owners, Players

Professional baseball is back in Taiwan and South Korea, albeit in empty stadiums. It should return in some form later this year in North America.

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CPBL To Allow 1,000 Fans Starting May 8, 2020

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CPBL To Allow 250 Fans Per Game

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Sunday that it expects to soon allow a maximum of 250 fans attend local professional baseball games, which are currently played behind closed-doors due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

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Manny Ramirez Would Like To Return To CPBL

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Fubon Financial Holdings Could Be Part Of Team To Buy Mets

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ESPN Nearing Deal To Broadcast KBO Games

The U.S. sports media giant ESPN is nearing a deal to broadcast South Korean baseball games to its American audience this season, an industry source told Yonhap News Agency on Monday.

Yonhap News Agency

CPBL Adds English Commentary Broadcasters

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Rakuten Signed Wang Wei-Chung For 2020 Season

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CPBL English Broadcasts Provide A Lifeline To Deprived Sports Fans

As the COVID-19 pandemic shutters sporting events around the world, the English broadcasts of Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) emerged this week as a lifeline to deprived fans, with the veteran American sports commentator Keith Olbermann among them.

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CPBL Game Draws 650,000 Viewers At Home & Abroad

The sixth game in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) was watched by some 650,000 viewers around the world Wednesday, according to Eleven Sports, which broadcast the commentary in English.

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NPB Still In Limbo As CPBL, KBO Get Ready To Play Ball

Baseball is back — at least in Taiwan. Perhaps in South Korea, too, pretty soon. In Japan, though, the wait continues.

Japan Times

CPBL To Broadcast Games In English

Taipei, April 14 (CNA) Taiwan's baseball season, the only one scheduled anywhere in the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, will include English broadcasts from Wednesday to showcase Taiwan baseball to a wider audience, as mentioned on the official twitter page of Eleven Sports sports channel.

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CPBL Launches World's Only Baseball Season Amid COVID-19

Taipei, April 12 (CNA) Taiwan's baseball season, the only one scheduled anywhere in the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, got off the ground in Taichung on Sunday after the first two games were postponed the previous day due to bad weather.

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Opening Games Of CPBL Postponed Due To Rain

Taoyuan, April 11 (CNA) Heavy rain on Saturday caused the postponement of the highly anticipated opening game in Taiwan's baseball season, the only one scheduled anywhere in the world at this time amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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