Carroll (left), Fairchild.

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[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] The fifth World Baseball Classic will be held in March. In order to form the strongest national team, many countries have recruited "mixed-race players" to play. Japanese media also mentioned two Taiwanese-American mixed-race players Carlo Corbin Carroll and Stuart Fairchild bluntly stated that they can change the power map of Asian baseball.

In order to promote baseball to all parts of the world, the major league-led classic game has relatively loose nationality recognition. As long as the parents are of the nationality of the country, the players themselves can represent the country even if they have different nationalities.

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The Japanese media "AERA dot." also hereby wrote an article, mentioning that some players participated in the competition on behalf of countries "other than their country of birth". Tommy Edman will represent South Korea, while former SoftBank outfielder Yusuke Masa plays for China.

The report pointed out that Taiwan had also looked for mixed-race players during the formation of the team, targeting the Taiwanese-American mixed-race Carroll (Rattlesnakes) and Fairchild (Redskins) who played in the major leagues, but they were both preparing for the new season. grounds for refusal.

The article stated: "Carroll was selected by the Diamondbacks with the 16th pick in the first round of the 2019 major league draft. He is currently considered by the outside world to be the future star of the major leagues. It’s not a small impact, as the two of them continue to grow, if they represent Taiwan in the future, it may change the map of Asian baseball.”

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