Taichung City team set the early pace among all competitors as the Chinese Taipei Herbalife Cup tournament got started this week.

In a closely fought contest, Taoyuan County Team edged out New Taipei City 3-2 in the final to win the 2012 Yu Shan Cup. A total of 17 top teams from around the Island took part in this high school-level national competition.

Potential roster for CPBL (Chinese Professional Baseball League) All-Star Game was announced earlier this week.

Tokyo. Deaf Baseball will be played as a demonstration sport for 3 days at the 7th Asia Pacific Deaf Games in Seoul which will be held from 26 May 2012 to 2 June 2012 (8 days) hosted by Korea Deaf Sports Federation (KDSF) http://www.seoul2012.com/

In the final of the AA-level Hua Nan Cup tournament played on May 21, Kaohsiung City team defeated Taitung County with a 10-5 result.

Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) is the professional organization that mostly helped NPB during their visit to the IBAF booth at SportAccord (Di Luca prod)the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) to organize and promote the presence of baseball at the tenth SportAccord Convention.

In response to the call of The Association for Friends of African Baseball (AFAB), a non-profit organization certified by the Japanese Government, Baseball Federation of Japan and its affiliates as well as many individuals in Japan are sending donations of baseball equipment to AFAB in Tokyo who will send them to Tanzania in June, 2012.

Games get started this past week for the AA-level national championship in Chinese Taipei. This youth baseball competition, designated as “Hua Nan Cup”, will play the final on Sunday, May 20.

Starting pitcher Kamada Yuya gave another fine performance in leading his Uni-President Lions team to an 8-2 triumph over the Brother Elephants this past weekend.

Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA), President Mr. Kang dispatched secretary general(Mr. Lee, Sanghyun) and chairman of technical committee(Mr. Heo, Kooyoun) to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam in order to participate in the Baseball park construction event as a set of development activities to disseminate baseball in Asia.