The charges not only put players on the hot seat, as their integrity was called into question, but also caused companies to step back from sponsorship and made ardent fans wonder if, as they had anxiously rooted on their favorite teams, they were not simply being taken for a ride.
一時之間，不但球員人人自危、清白遭疑，職棒支持廣告廠商紛紛卻步，一向熱情的職棒球迷更在感情受創之外不禁質疑：以往緊張兮兮地為偶像球隊加油時是否上當？