In contrast, both Chen Chih-yuan and his Brother Elephants have excelled for some time, making the volatile Chen the darling of advertisers for years. Chen's personality comes through in a panoply of ads for everything from beer to motorcycles, which has only served to make him still more of a topic of online chat and among baseball fans.
「如果沒有戰績，人氣來的快也去的快，」鯨隊球隊管理、人稱「賴桑」的賴志峰指出。相較之下，球隊和個人戰績都相當亮麗的兄弟隊陳致遠，帶著野性的形象讓他連年成為廣告商的最愛，從啤酒到機車，陳致遠個人特色突出的電視廣告，更成為網友和球迷討論的焦點。