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Charles Curtis

Chinese Taipei’s loud, passionate fans are the best thing at the World Baseball Classic

Chinese Taipei is on the board at the 2023 World Baseball Classic, winning a big game against Italy — that went back and forth — 11-7.

But I want to talk about the fans of that team. They are AWESOME.

Every clip I saw from that contest on Friday featured the Chinese Taipei faithful performing a cheer in complete sync, or giving deafening roars after clutch home runs. We need more of this in baseball … or I guess, American baseball.

Just listen to the sound as this ball went over the wall in the eighth inning, as if it was Game 7 of the World Series, and then look at that reaction:

Or this leader:

Or all this:

SO GOOD.

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