In Taipei there are costly week-long baseball camps; parents still don't flinch at buying a complete uniform and cleats, glove, and aluminum bats. In eastern Taiwan, the kids aren't so well off materially as in Taipei, but their skills are better once the ump calls "Play ball!"
在台北，一周的棒球夏令營耗費不貲，熱切的父母仍然捨得為偶一玩球的孩子添購全套球衣釘鞋、手套鋁棒；在東部，孩子的物質條件或許不如台北，打起球來的執著卻猶且過之。