Chinese Professional Baseball League All-Star Game
The CPBL All-Star Game (中華職棒明星賽), alternatively known as Red v. White All-Star Game (紅白明星對抗賽), is an annual baseball game held by the Chinese Professional Baseball League of Taiwan. The teams are organized along the geographic dispositions of the member organizations; the red team is made up of players from Brother Elephants of Taipei and Sinon Bulls of Taichung, while the white team consists of players from Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions of Tainan and Lamigo Monkeys of Taoyuan.
Between 1990 and 1992, the locations of the All-Star Game were fixed at Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung, with one game at each location annually. The regulation was amended and currently there is only one game each year with location varies from year to year. There is also a Home Run Derby the day before the All-Star Game.
In addition, the performance of the tournament, this decade, as long as the race team with Bulls, they will not win, which is also known as the "curse of agriculture."(興農魔咒)
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