Early in March, in the Asian qualify- ing round for the World Baseball Classic, the Chinese Taipei team was knocked out of the competition by losing to the one team they should least lose to, mainland China. At about the same time, pool prodigy Wu Chia-ching left for Singapore, an event followed shortly thereafter by rumors that golfing star Tseng Yani was also considering leaving Taiwan to play for another country.
月初世界棒球經典賽亞洲預賽，中華隊敗給了最不該敗的大陸隊，鎩羽而歸；於此同時，撞球神童吳珈慶出走新加坡，緊接著高爾夫球好手曾雅妮也傳出可能為他國效力。