Asia Series Asia Series The Asia Series is an international baseball tournament in Asia, that was first held between November 10 and November 13, 2005, in Tokyo, titled the KONAMI CUP Asia Series 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asia Series"
The Japan Series (日本選手権シリーズ試合 Nihon Senshuken Shiriizu Shiai, usually shortened to Nihon Shiriizu) is a seven-game championship played by the winners of Japan's two professional baseball leagues (the Central League and Pacific League). It is usually played in October. See also Japanese Baseball. ...more on Wikipedia about "Japan Series"
The Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) of South Korea was founded with six teams in 1982 and currently has eight. The teams are named after the companies or conglomerates which they belong to. ...more on Wikipedia about "Korean Baseball Organization"
Professional baseball was started in Taiwan by the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL 中華職業棒球聯盟) in 1989. At one time there were two leagues and a total of 12 professional baseball teams in Taiwan because during a row over broadcasting rights, another league, the Taiwan Major League (TML 臺灣大聯盟), was created by a television tycoon to compete with CPBL. CPBL absorbed the remaining two teams in TML in 2003 when TML fell into deep financial trouble. As of 2005, there are six professional baseball teams and one professional baseball league, the CPBL, in Taiwan with average attendance at around 5000 per game. 2005 is also the sixteenth year of CPBL. ...more on Wikipedia about "Professional baseball in Taiwan"
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