Even now, memories of the "Red Leaf miracle" -the legendary youth teams from the tiny Aboriginal village of Red Leaf in Taitung, who won world Little League titles despite "using rocks for balls and bamboo for bats" -are as fresh is if it all happened yesterday. Baseball has helped Taiwanese through difficult times, and has been along for the ride to prosperity.
「以石為球，以竹為棒」的紅葉少棒傳奇記憶猶新，棒球已經陪著台灣人走過貧困，走進繁華。