Little League baseball remains an inte-gral link in the memories all Taiwanese have of growing up. Professional baseball was also immensely popular for a time. However, in recent years, following regrettable incidents involving gambling and manipulation of players by local organized crime syndicates, baseball withered in the public's fancy.
台灣人的成長記憶中，少棒是不可或缺的一環，職棒也曾經風靡多少觀眾，只是近年來，隨著押賭、黑道操縱球員等種種令人遺憾的事情發生，棒球幾乎已在台灣式微。