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Flying_Canuck · 03-05-2023, 11:52 AM

Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium

Not many people know of this stadium. Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium existed from 1959 to 2000 and can be considered a baseball cathedral in Taiwan's history. Many memorable events happened here, such as CPBL inaugural game (where Sadaharu OH was part of the Ceremonial first pitch), countless international/local competition, Dodgers' exhibition series with CPBL teams, crazy fans climbing the light pole in order to watch the games.....etc. It's not hard to feel the passion in this place.

However, despite being in the heart of downtown, Taipei Stadium was not well maintained. I read about the place being really run-down, having light issues, sewage problems, even infested by rats at some point! None of these caused Taiwan baseball fans to not love the place. As time goes on, many newer stadiums have appeared in several major cities in Taiwan so it is inevitable the old Taipei Stadium would eventually be phased out. In December 2020, it was officially demolished, and the construction of a new indoor skating arena would begin.

I always think it's important to preserve and study history as much as we can. So here it is, the baseball cathedral of Taiwan:

Download link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/57e0n...adium.zip/file

Dynamic Scoreboard version (for OOTP26 and beyond)

Download link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/3c6gj...m_v26.zip/file

03-05-2023, 11:52 AM	#149
Flying_Canuck All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 556	Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium Not many people know of this stadium. Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium existed from 1959 to 2000 and can be considered a baseball cathedral in Taiwan's history. Many memorable events happened here, such as CPBL inaugural game (where Sadaharu OH was part of the Ceremonial first pitch), countless international/local competition, Dodgers' exhibition series with CPBL teams, crazy fans climbing the light pole in order to watch the games.....etc. It's not hard to feel the passion in this place. However, despite being in the heart of downtown, Taipei Stadium was not well maintained. I read about the place being really run-down, having light issues, sewage problems, even infested by rats at some point! None of these caused Taiwan baseball fans to not love the place. As time goes on, many newer stadiums have appeared in several major cities in Taiwan so it is inevitable the old Taipei Stadium would eventually be phased out. In December 2020, it was officially demolished, and the construction of a new indoor skating arena would begin. I always think it's important to preserve and study history as much as we can. So here it is, the baseball cathedral of Taiwan: Download link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/57e0n...adium.zip/file Dynamic Scoreboard version (for OOTP26 and beyond) Download link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/3c6gj...m_v26.zip/file Last edited by Flying_Canuck; 03-18-2025 at 12:34 PM.