After the Hong Yeh Little League team, buried in a remote area of the mountains of Taitung, started a wave of popularity for youth baseball by defeating Japan's squad, in the 1970's the Chin Lung, Chu Jen, and Chui Yang teams won the world title year after year.
民國五十七年，當位於台東偏僻山區的紅葉少棒隊，打贏日本和歌山隊，造成少棒風潮後，緊接著民國六十年代，金龍、巨人、垂楊等隊年年獲得世界冠軍。