What had been a three-way fight for the lead in Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League appears to be down to two teams. The President Lions are 33-23-2 and hold a slim half-game lead over the 32-23-1 LaNew Bears at the top of the standings, but the Sinon Bulls have faded in recent weeks to a 26-29-2 record and are now six games out of second place. The Brother Elephants have not been a factor all season and are 21-37-1 to bring up the rear of the four-team circuit.
There’s also an interesting battle among individual players for the 2009 MVP trophy. According to the Taiwan Baseball blog, there are five performers in Taiwan who’ve been a cut above this season: The Bears’ Chih-Sheng Lin is in the league’s top three with a .390 batting average, 15 homers and 49 RBIs, while teammate Chin-Feng Chen leads the CPBL with 17 homers and 53 RBIs, and is ninth in batting at .316. Sinon’s Yi-chuan Lin leads Taiwanese batter with a .394 average along with 7 homers and 50 RBIs. The Lions lineup boasts KC Kao, who’s hitting .349 with 5 homers and 40 RBIs, while the Elephants’ Chia Chia is hitting .386 with 10 homers and a league-leading 14 stolen bases.
All five are expected to play in the CPBL All-Star Game later this week.
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