On the 16th, Softbank announced that they will hold a friendly game in Taiwan in February of next year. The first team will be on an overseas tour at the invitation of the Chinatrust Brothers, a Taiwanese professional baseball team. They will play against the team on February 25th, and then against the Taiwanese national team on the 26th, just before the WBC.
On this day, executives from the Chinatrust Brothers baseball team visited Mizuho PayPay Dome and greeted team president Oh Sadaharu and others. Chairman Oh welcomed them, saying, "I'm looking forward to this. The players are looking forward to it too, and we'll be working hard to get them ready during spring training." He also predicted that Taiwan, which won last year's Premier 12, will do well in next March's WBC, saying, "Their players are getting stronger, and I think the people will be confident and excited." They vowed to do their best, saying, "Japan and Taiwan, let's go to America (quarterfinal round) together."
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