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On October 30, 2001 Taiwan released a set of four stamps to
commemorated XXXIV Baseball World Cup. To help revive the sport of baseball in Taiwan,
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ent Chen has specially designated 2001 as Taiwan
Baseball Year. Besides this event Taiwan hold three big international games in 2001.
The games are the 21st Asia Baseball Tournament, the 4th Asia AAA Championship and
the 34th Baseball World Cup. The latter was the first international adult baseball games
ever held in Taiwan, and 16 countries from around the world sentteams. Each of the
four stamps featured a different figure from the baseball diamond, including a pitcher, a
batter, a catcher and a sliding base runner.