Kano baseball team

The Kano baseball team (

Chiayi) qualified to represent the island at Koshien, Japan's long-running nationwide high school baseball tournament, in 1931.^[1] Performing beyond all expectations, the underdog team miraculously went on to the championship game before finally losing to a powerful Japanese squad, ultimately taking second place out of twenty-three teams that year.^[2]

The amazing success of a team from a colonized land making to the finals was totally unexpected, and it ultimately earned the Taiwanese baseball players greater respect from their Japanese counterparts. The Kano experience also encouraged more people in Taiwan to play baseball, eventually making it the "national sport" in Taiwan.

Kano, a Taiwanese film depicting the baseball team, was released on February 27, 2014.

Notable players

Shosei Go

References

^ "Yes they "Kano" - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
ISBN 978-0-8248-2800-4
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External links

Taiwan Culture Portal: Champions of all under heaven:” the Tri-ethnic Kano Baseball Team

Taiwan Culture Portal: Taiwan’s First Sport in its Second Century: Baseball in Taiwanese Culture

Movie over Field of Dreams, Here Comes Taiwan's Magical and Heroic Baseball Movie

Player information from WikiBaseball (in Chinese)

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[1] "Yes they "Kano" - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 2024-04-30.

[2] ISBN 978-0-8248-2800-4
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