Yet baseball insiders then were perfectly aware that in terms of a supply of quality players and playing sites, both essential to the baseball industry, compared to other countries with years of professional baseball experience, like the US, Japan, and Korea, "we're way behind," says Lin Min-cheng, a professor of physical education at Taipei Physical Education College.
但是其實當時棒球界的人心知肚明，以經營職棒產業最需要的棒球員來源，及場地設備來說，台灣比起美、日、韓等有職棒經驗的國家，「條件實在差很多」，台北體專教授林敏政說。