in april 2017, during negotiation with cpbl, jim small proposed to send an all star team to south korea and then to play 3 games in taiwan next november. in june 2017, during a visit to taoyuan, small further confirmed the selection of hosting city. mayor of taoyuan cheng wen-tsan promised to search for a suitable venue such as taoyuan international baseball stadium. however, the series did not come to fruition.