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Taiwan: What can a baseball do?
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There are some Taiwanese playing in Major League Baseball: Chin-Feng Chen in Dodgers from 2002-2005, Chin-Lung Hu in Dodgers, Hong-Chih Kuo in Dodgers, Chin-Hui Tsao in Royals, and Chien-Ming Wang in Yankees. Although they are loved by Taiwanese, these baseball stars are not the focus of this article. Here are stories about how baseballs change the life of challenged people and students in remote elementary schools.
Photo courtesy of Haomei.The first story starts when a screen writer, an actor, and a director, Nien-Jen Wu left a message in Haomei's blog about the Sacred Heart Home
for the challenged people. Fr. Franz Burkhardt founded the Sacred Heart Home in Chia-Yi,
Taiwan, in 1980, and he planned to build a larger building to help more challenged people. Although the Reverend Franz Burkhardt, a recipient of presidential and papal honors for his services to
Taiwan over almost half a century, died in 2002, his colleagues keep working on this project. Due to the funding shortage, Haomei started to blog about the Sacred Heart Home and helps raise money and invite people to visit the Sacred Heart Home.An
episode for these fund-raising activities is about baseballs. Chensumi talked about how Tai-Yuan Kuo signed baseballs for a fund-raising auction:æˆ'è·Ÿéƒæ³°æºç¸½æ•™ç·´æ到è–心募款的事情，他è½å¾-很ä»"細，也很豪爽ç"應簽å[…]æˆ'在一æ-å°å¿ƒæ‰"探，「多簽一些å¯ä»¥å-Žï¼Ÿã€[…]éƒç¸½èªªï¼Œã€Œå¯ä»¥å•Šï¼Œæ„›å¿ƒçš„事情，當然æ²'å•é¡Œï¼ã€
I mentioned fund-raising for Sacred Heart Home to Tai-Yuan Kuo. He listened carefully and agreed to sign some baseballs without hesitance.[…] I asked
him, “can you sign more?†He answered, “sure. For doing good things, there is never a no!.”
This auction raised 182100 NTD for the
Sacred Heart Home, and this success inspired some baseball lovers to contribute their baseball-related souvenirs to the second auction. The second auction raised 281861 NTD for the Sacred Heart Home.
The result is not only satisfactory for the Sacred Heart Home but also for the baseball players and lovers–以å‰åªè¦æ到é‡'錢å'Œæ£'çƒæŽ›å‹¾ï¼Œå¤§å®¶éƒ½æœƒæƒ³åˆ°ç°½è³ï¼Œæ²'想到這次é‡'錢跟æ£'çƒæŽ›å‹¾ï¼Œå±…然æˆå°±é€™éº¼å‹•äººçš„好事。
In the past, when we talked about how the baseball is related to money, we thought about gambling. However, this time when these baseballs work with money, we have
accomplished something so touching.
The second story is about helping some baseball teams in the remote elementary schools. Chensumi reported:å …æžœåœ˜è³¼å¤¢æƒ³è¨ˆç•«å·²ç¶"募到新å°å¹£72000元。[…]æˆ'å€'也將å§"è«‹è-æ–‡æˆæ•™ç·´å¹«å¿™é´é¸æœ€éœ€è¦å¹«åŠ©çš„çƒéšŠï¼Œåœ¨è³½å¾Œé€™æ®µæœŸé–"，儘快將çƒå…·é€é"å¸æ ¡ï¼Œçµ¦é‚£äº›æœ‰å¤¢æƒ³çš„æ£'çƒå©å，充滿溫暖的禮物。åŒæ™‚æ„Ÿè¬çƒé‚網站好å‹æž-言熹與楊榮å¥çš„å"助，å–å¾-çƒå…·é…備最åˆ'ç®-åˆç†çš„估價單。[…132;禮物。åŒæ™‚æ„Ÿè¬çƒé‚網站好å‹æž-言熹與楊榮å¥çš„å"助，å–å¾-çƒå…·é…備最åˆ'ç®-åˆç†çš„估價單。[…]é ä¼°æˆ'å€'所募å¾-çš„é‡'é¡ï¼Œå°‡æœ‰æ©Ÿæœƒè£œåŠ©ä¸‰æ"¯ä»¥ä¸Šçš„åé 部è½å°'æ£'隊。
Chien-Kuo Group's project has raised 72000 NTD.[…] We will ask couch Wen-Cheng Lan to help us choose some baseball teams that need our attention
most. After this baseball game, we will send the equipments as a pleasant present to the elementary schools for the young players who pursue their baseball dream. We also thank our friends Yen-Hsi
Lin and Jung-Chien Yang's help so we can get the most reasonable assessment for these equipments. The fund we raised should be able to help more than three baseball teams in the remote elementary
schools.
Chien-Kuo Group's plan is based on the love for the children and baseball:æˆ'å€'也許è®"未來有機會站上大è¯ç›ŸæŠ•æ‰‹ä¸˜èˆ‡æ‰"æ"Šå€çš„å°å©å€'，未來è¦æ‰›ä¸‹åœ‹å®¶éšŠç¬¬å››æ£'或è·æ£'ä¸å¿ƒæ‰"ç·šçš„å°é¸æ‰‹å€'，å¯ä»¥æœ‰æ–°æ‰‹å¥-，å¯ä»¥ä¸å¿…æ""心練ç¿'ç"¨çƒä¸è¦‹ï¼ŒåŒæ™‚ 228;»¥ä¸å¿…æ""心練ç¿'ç"¨çƒä¸è¦‹ï¼ŒåŒæ™‚ è®"ä»–å€'知é"，這段辛苦的æ£'çƒè·¯ï¼Œä¸æ˜¯é‚£éº¼å¯‚å¯žï¼Œå› ç‚ºæˆ'å€'相信，在æ£'çƒèµ·æ¥çš„階段，曾ç¶"å-éŽå¹«åŠ©çš„人，會一輩å都懂å¾-æ„Ÿæ©ï¼Œä¸æœƒæ„§å°æ£'çƒä¹‹ç¥žè³¦äºˆä»–å€'的使å'½ã€‚〧å°æ£'çƒä¹‹ç¥žè³¦äºˆä»–å€'的使å'½ã€‚ã€
We can help these children, who may stand on the MLB field or play in the national or professional baseball teams in the future, have new mitts and not worry about losing the
practice baseballs. At the same time, they know they are not alone. We believe that if they receive help in the beginning of their career, they will be grateful for the potential they have when they
play baseball.
Redyellow described what they saw when sending the equipments to one of the elementary
schools:這一天æˆ'回來後，心底帶è'-暖暖的滿足。æ„外變æˆå…ˆç™¼ç™»æ¿çš„æˆ'，帶è'-大家的愛心來到æ±æ¢åœ‹å°ï¼Œçœ‹è'-天真活æ½'çš„å°çƒå"¡ï¼Œå¿ƒè£å½·å½¿è¢«ç´"淨的水æµæ´-淨一般。到底是æˆ' 71;ç´"淨的水æµæ´-淨一般。到底是æˆ' 幫助了他å€'，還是他å€'幫助了æˆ'，è®"æˆ'找回心ä¸ä¹…é•çš„感動。[…]替這些勇敢追夢的å©åå€'å¶ å–ŠåŠ æ²¹å§ï¼å› 為這也是為æˆ'å€'è‡ªå·±åŠ æ²¹å•Šï¼
終於æˆ'覺å¾-自己是個æ£'çƒè¿·äº†ã€‚但是今天ä¸ç•¶çƒè¿·ã€‚
Today I came home with warm satisfaction in my mind. I became the first one sending our love to Hsi-Chih elementary school by accident. When I saw these lovely lively young
players, my heart seems to be washed by clean water. It may look like I help them. However, they help me to find the touching feeling I have lost for a long time. […]Let's cheer for these
brave children when they pursue their dream! By doing it we also cheer for ourselves! Finally I feel I am a baseball fan, but I am not a baseball fan today.
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