People began paying more and more attention to baseball, and both baseball and softball teams began popping up around Taiwan. The Taiwan Major League was later established, providing competition for the CPBL in the growing baseball market.
社會各界也高度重視，棒、壘球隊數量不斷增加，更促成了該年「台灣大聯盟」的成立，與中華職棒一起搶攻龐大的棒球市場。