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2008 Asia Series

Index 2008 Asia Series

Official logo (Japanese language) The 2008 Asia Series was contested on November 13–16 by the champions of Nippon Professional Baseball's Japan Series, the Korea Baseball Organization's Korean Series, Chinese Professional Baseball League's Taiwan Series, and the championship of the China Baseball League of the People's Republic of China. [1]

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Asia Series

The Asia Series was an international club baseball competition, contested by the champions of all four of the professional leagues that are associated with the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) — Australian Baseball League (ABL), Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), Korea Baseball Organization League (KBO League), and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) — along with the CEB European Champion Cup holder and the host city, to bring the number of teams up to six.

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Chei Byung-yong

Chei Byung-yong (born April 25, 1982) is a South Korean professional baseball pitcher currently playing for the SK Wyverns of the KBO League.

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Chen Lien-hung

Chen Lien-hung, born September 13, 1973 in Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China, is a Taiwanese former baseball player who currently plays for Uni-President Lions of Chinese Professional Baseball League.

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Chen Wei (baseball)

Chen Wei (born in Tianjin, China; he is also known as Wei Chen) is a baseball pitcher who is most notable for being on China's roster for the 2009 World Baseball Classic. He also appeared in the 2006 Haarlem Baseball Week, allowing two runs in one inning of work. In December, 2008, he signed a player development contract with the Yokohama BayStars. He did not actually play in the World Baseball Classic.

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Chikara Onodera

is a closing pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in Nippon Professional Baseball.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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China Baseball League

The China Baseball League (CBL) is a professional baseball league under the administration of Chinese Baseball Association, founded in 2002.

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China Stars

The China Stars was a baseball team established in 2005.

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Chinese Professional Baseball League

The Chinese Professional Baseball League (Traditional Chinese: 中華職業棒球大聯盟), or CPBL, is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan.

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Giancarlo Alvarado

Giancarlo Carlos (Martinez) Alvarado (born January 24, 1978 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a professional baseball pitcher.

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Hideaki Wakui

is a starting pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

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Hsu Ming-chieh

Hsu Ming-Chieh, born December 1, 1976 in Kaohsiung County (now part of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan) is a baseball pitcher currently playing for Chinese Professional Baseball League's Lamigo Monkeys in Taiwan.

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Incheon

Incheon (formerly romanized as Inchŏn; literally "kind river"), officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시), is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi to the east.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japan Series

, or is the annual championship series in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top baseball league in Japan.

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Japan Standard Time

is the standard timezone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (i.e. it is UTC+09:00).

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Japanese yen

The is the official currency of Japan.

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Kao Chih-kang

Kao Chih-kang, (born February 7, 1981 in Taichung County (now part of Taichung City), Taiwan, Republic of China), is a Taiwanese professional baseball player (position: catcher).

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Kim Kwang-hyun

Kim Kwang-hyun (Hangul: 김광현; born July 22, 1988 in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) is a South Korean left-handed starting pitcher who plays for the SK Wyverns in the KBO League.

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Koji Onuma

is a Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan's Central League.

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Korea Baseball Organization

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO; 한국야구위원회) is the governing body for the professional leagues of baseball in South Korea.

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Korean Broadcasting System

Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) is the national public broadcaster of South Korea.

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Korean Series

The Korean Series is the final championship series of the KBO League.

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Lü Jiangang

Lü Jiangang (born 19 February 1979 in Tianjin, China) is a Chinese baseball player who was a member of Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Lee Jae-won (baseball)

Lee Jae-won (born February 24, 1988) is South Korean professional baseball catcher who is currently playing for the SK Wyverns of Korea Baseball Organization.

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Lee Jin-young

Lee Jin-young (Hangul: 이진영, Hanja: 李晋暎) (born June 15, 1980 in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea) is a South Korean right fielder who plays for the KT Wiz in the Korea Baseball Organization.

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Lee Seung-ho (baseball, born 1976)

Lee Seung-Ho (Hangul: 이승호, Hanja: 李承浩) (born August 23, 1976 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean baseball relief pitcher for the SK Wyverns of the KBO League.

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Lee Young-wook

Lee Young-wook (born October 11, 1985 in Seoul) is an outfielder who plays for the Samsung Lions in the Korea Professional Baseball.

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Lin Cheng-feng

Lin Cheng-feng (born December 26, 1982) is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for EDA Rhinos of Chinese Professional Baseball League.

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Lin Yueh-ping

Lin Yueh-ping, (born 28 January 1982 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan), is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for Uni-President Lions of Chinese Professional Baseball League.

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Liu Fu-hao

Liu Fu-hao (nickname: 小破 Xiǎo Pò) born November 14, 1978, is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for Uni-President Lions of Chinese Professional Baseball League.

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Mercy rule

A mercy rule, slaughter rule, knockout rule, or skunk rule ends a two-competitor sports competition earlier than the scheduled endpoint if one competitor has a very large and presumably insurmountable scoring lead over the other.

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Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation

Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) is one of the leading South Korean television and radio network companies.

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Nippon Professional Baseball

or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan.

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Nippon TV

, doing business as Nippon TV, is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company.

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Pan Wei-lun

Pan Wei-lun (born March 5, 1982 in Pingtung County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher.

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Pan Wu-hsiung

Pan Wu-hsiung (born March 11, 1981) is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for Uni-President Lions of Chinese Professional Baseball League.

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Park Jae-hong (baseball)

Park Jae-hong (Hangul: 박재홍, Hanja: 朴栽弘; born September 7, 1973 in Gwangju, South Korea) is a South Korean outfielder who currently plays for SK Wyverns in the KBO League.

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Saitama Seibu Lions

The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama.

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Saitama, Saitama

is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

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Seoul Broadcasting System

Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) is a national South Korean television and radio network company.

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SK Wyverns

SK Wyverns Baseball Club is a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 2000.

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Song Eun-bum

Song Eun-bum (born March 17, 1984) is South Korean professional baseball player for the Hanwha Eagles of the KBO League.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.

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Tainan

Tainan (Hokkien POJ: Tâi-lâm), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality of Taiwan, facing the Formosan Strait or Taiwan Strait in the west and south.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Taiwan Series

Taiwan Series is the championship series of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.

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Takayuki Kishi

Takayuki Kishi (岸 孝之, born December 4, 1984, in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

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Takeya Nakamura

(born August 15, 1983, in Daitō, Osaka) is Japanese baseball player.

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Tianjin

Tianjin, formerly romanized as Tientsin, is a coastal metropolis in northern China and one of the four national central cities of the People's Republic of China (PRC), with a total population of 15,469,500, and is also the world's 11th-most populous city proper.

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Tianjin Lions

The Tianjin Lions or Tianjing Fierce Lions (天津雄狮) are a team in the China Baseball League, founded in 2002 as one of the league's four initial members.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Tokyo Broadcasting System

, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan.

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Tokyo Dome

is a stadium in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.

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Tomoaki Satoh

Tomoaki Satoh(佐藤 友亮, born in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball player.

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Tseng Yi-cheng

Tseng Yi-cheng born August 12, 1978 in Taiwan, is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for Lamigo Monkeys of Chinese Professional Baseball League.

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TV Asahi

, also known as EX and, is a Japanese television network with its headquarters in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions

The Uni-President Lions is a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan.

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UTC+09:00

UTC+09:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +09.

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Videoland Television Network

Videoland Television Network is a cable television network program provider in Taiwan, founded in 1983 by Koos Group.

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2008 China Baseball League season

The 2008 China Baseball League season involves for the first time the champion of the league going to the Asia Series, instead of the all-star China Stars that were sent in previous years.

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2008 Chinese Professional Baseball League season

The Chinese Professional Baseball League season began on March 16 when the defending champion Uni-President Lions played against the La New Bears in Tainan and concludes in October.

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2008 Japan Series

The 2008 Japan Series was the 59th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series.

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2008 Korea Professional Baseball season

The 2008 Korea Professional Baseball season was the 27th season in the history of the KBO League.

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2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 59th season since the NPB was reorganized in.

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2008 Taiwan Series

The 2008 Taiwan Series was played by the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, team that placed first in the all-season standing, and the Brother Elephants, wild card winner who advanced to Taiwan Series by defeating La New Bears in the Playoff Series.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Asia_Series

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