The Chinese Professional Baseball League says it will move forward in 2009 with four remaining teams in the wake of this season’s gambling scandal which led to the disbanding of the dMedia T-Rex. The Chinatrust Whales also went under due to lack of funds. The four Taiwanese teams left standing are the champion Uni-President Lions, Brother Elephants, La New Bears and Sinon Bulls.
CPBL teams will play 60 games each in 2009, up from 50 games apiece this year. However, due to the loss of the T-Rex and Whales, the league as a whole will play 240 games, down from 300 in 2008.
Two teams, the Lions and Elephants, will visit Shanghai next March for a series of three exhibition games. The two teams will each play the China Baseball League’s Shanghai Golden Eagles once before facing each other in the finale.
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