The Baseball Fever

The Olympic games were over. Due to political reasons, Taiwan has been given a strange name "Chinese Taipei" while attending international sports games, but people in Taiwan are still enthusiastic. During the first week of the games I was overwhelmed by the baseball fever in Taiwan. The baseball is called “guo qiu (the national ball game)” of Taiwan, and everyone wants the Taiwanese team to win a medal. So during the games between the 8 teams I can see people sitting in front of TV cheering, but too bad the Taiwanese team didn’t play well this time. It was defeated by Cuba, Korea, Japan and China. I saw fans in Beijing crying “I’m so disappointed! But I’ll still be here to support our team!”

When the Taiwanese team lost the game against the U.S, it is not qualified to attend the semi-finals any more. Interestingly it looks like all the team members can finally get relaxed and then play a good game against Canada. I was eating dinner at a small restaurant while the game began, and everyone there was watching the TV screen. Of course the hosts both cheered for Taiwan (however, I felt like one part of mine fighting against the other, and honestly when Taiwan was gradually winning the game I totally became Canadian!) The result was 6 (Taiwan): 5 (Canada), and the two are both ranked top 5.

People watching the baseball game in front of the SOGO Department Store.