In addition, almost none of the Taiwanese playing professionally in the US and Japan participated. (Most pleaded injury or refusal of their teams to release them, though journalists speculate that they just didn't want to be associated with a weak team.)
輿論指出，球團抵制、徵召不利只是冰山一角，台灣棒球實力近年每下愈況已是不爭事實。