In the past two years, New York Yankees pitcher Wang Chien-ming has given baseball a much-needed shot in the arm in Taiwan, but the onslaught of Major League Baseball games being aired on Taiwanese television has in turn stolen much of the audience for CPBL games.
近兩年洋基巨投王建民現象延燒，為台灣的棒球風潮打了一劑強心針；但也因美國大聯盟賽事轉播乘勢長驅入台，搶走了原本的中華職棒觀眾。