The native Taiwanese living in east Taiwan usually throw stones towards their preys when they hunt, so they are very good at pitching since childhood. In 1921, a Chinese named Lin Gui-Xing was impressed by their talent, and helped a group of teenagers in Hualian to form the famous “Takasago baseball team”.
Takasago 's overwhelming victory in 1925
In 1925, the Takasago baseball team went to Japan and raised a hurricane by winning a devastating game in Tokyo then.
Nako became a symbol
Kuo Yuan Chi
(Photo by Wang Ron Chi)
In 1981, the famous player from native Ami tribe, Guo Yuan-Zhi, joined a Japan’s professional baseball team. The Japanese press called him the offspring of “Takasako, Noko” in headlines. That means how overwhelming the Noko baseball team was at that time. The word “Noko” represents the symbol of Taiwan native baseball players.
(source from Taiwan Baseball Centennial, Mr. Hsieh Shih Yuan)
