- Liao Ming-Hsiung
Liao Ming-Hsiung (
Traditional Chinese : 廖敏雄; bornOctober 18 ,1968 [other sources report his date of birth: "November 5, 1968"] inHengchun Township ,Pingtung County ,Taiwan ) is a retired Taiwaneseprofessional baseball player (position:outfielder ). A well-known slugger sincecollege era in theChinese Culture University , Liao is best known for hitting theGame winning RBI twice in the 2 Chinese Taipei versus Japan matches in the 1992 Summer Olympics's preliminary round and semifinal, where the Chinese Taipei national baseball team finally won thesilver medal .After the 1992 Olympics Liao joined
CPBL along with then just-establishedChina Times Eagles . He had been gaining popularity for his excellent batting performance(Liao hit 84home run s in within only 416 games, at a speed which was only controversially surpassed byChia-Hsian Hsieh in theProfessional baseball in Taiwan history) and handsome look, winning him the nickname Prince of Baseball. However in June 1997 he was expelled by the CPBL after he was confirmed to be involved in the The Black Eagles Incident. Liao's fame immediately vanished and he was rumored only could work as a street vendor around 1999-2000. Liao later sought to joinTaiwan Major League in 2001 but was also refused.Since 2004 Liao started to coach in the
China Baseball League under the introduction of 1992 Summer Olympics fellowChiang Tai-Chuan . He returned back to Taiwan one season later to coach Taiwanese high school baseball teams, as well as runs some small business.Before CPBL's 2007 season started the
Uni-President Lions invited Liao to lecture, warning its current players the seriousness of cheating in the game.tatistics
In the 1992 Olympics:::
CPBL career:
External links
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LIAOMIN01 profile]
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