【Culture】Baseball We’re going to talk about sports today. Do you know what the most popular sport is in Taiwan? It’s baseball (棒球/bàng qiú)! Have you ever watched a baseball game in Taiwan where everyone cheers (加油/jiāyóu) and screams for their team? You will love it! Baseball had become the National ball game (國球/guó qiú) ever since Taiwan won… 更多 multiple world championships (世界冠軍/shìjiè guànjūn). Hundreds and thousands of Taiwanese people follow the latest news on the two famous players Chien-Ming Wang (王建民) and Wei-Yin Chen (陳偉殷), “the Pride of Taiwan” (臺灣之光/táiwān zhī guāng). Each baseball team also has its own mascot (吉祥物/jíxiángwù) to represent them. Now you know a little bit about Taiwanese baseball, your Taiwanese friends can help you identify which mascot belongs to which team next time! You can also learn more about Taiwanese baseball on the Taiwan Academy website!