Things have worked out best for Yu Hong-kai, who went on to play for the world champion Chinlong team and study at Huahsing Junior High School. A superintendent at the Taitung prison, he also coaches.
當年打完紅葉，又參加台中金龍少棒隊，得到世界冠軍，因此得以升入華興中學就讀，如今在台東監獄當管理員，也訓練孩子打棒球的余宏開，算是其中境遇最好的了。