Yeah, Pete, right, we are out here. I don’t worry about Wang, though. There are many Asian people like that. When you need them, they will be there, carrying everything on them. When you do not need them so much, they are quiet and you do not see anything special from the surface. Somehow I think Wang lost his focus in the past few games because he did not have a heavy burden to carry. Everybody else in the club is carrying the team in the way he should. That’s when Wang turned back to the shy boy who always felt that there are more to improve in him.

The guy who said that Wang is not an Ace only dared to use ‘period’ as his name on the post. What a coward. Well, I don’t care if Wang is an ace. Baseball is a team sport. The best baseball player plays together with his teammates as a seamless whole. Wang was expected to induce ground balls most of the time. When there is a ground ball, the whole team moves. That’s when the game is fun to watch. Wang is fun to watch because he often had the whole team works together to win. (For the same reason, I do not really worry if he allows 2 or 3 runs every game. For if he allows 3 runs, the team has to bat in more than that to win. Again, the whole team has to work to win.)

In Taiwan, the word ‘ace’ is literally translated as ‘King card’ (poker card), and the Chinese character ‘Wang’ is exactly the word ‘King’. So for us Taiwanese, he is the ace whatever people say. What we care the most is whether he shows his best stuff all the time. We wish that he is always in the best condition and has the best luck. That’s it. Looking at him, we believe that we Taiwanese are as good as anybody else in the world, given the proper chances and luck.

As a Taiwanese myself, i do not find Taiwanese media trustworthy and there is no need to see every Taiwanese fan as professional fan!

We all know Wang is a hero in Taiwanese people’s mind. (as the first every in history) and we all wake up early try to see live games. Yet, give i t a break, not everyone is a professional baseball fan and should judge everything by hard figure.

When i see my old man asking if Wnag wins or lose (he never follows any sports in last 3 decades), it just feel Wang’s work has made us a bit more together and sense a bit of pride as being a Taiwanese.

We just like to see Yankee win with Wang and HAVE FUN.

Yeh, I got your point, but I think in general it’s the media from Taiwan (such as UDN.com) that is worshiping Wang to a really sickening level, making him almost god-like. When Wang is pitching bad, they would say because others play bad defense behind him or something like that… it’s really stupid.

That being said, I think Wang deserves to be respected just like Pettite.

to Dapper Dave

I totally agreed with you. Great post. Thank you for pointing that out. I may not know baseball well enough to defense my point with lots of stats but at least I know baseball is not one man show. Wang’s stats may be totally different if he is not with Yankees, for sure. That is what I hope most Taiwanese fans can understand. It is all about team work. I am happy that Wang is on the right team, the wining team.

Of course! Totally agreed your point. Wang earn it other wise Yankees would not give him a opportunity. Thanks for your kindly remind.

However, lots of Wang’s fans ignore the fact that baseball is all about team work and come to the board focusing and talking only about Wang. Even Taiwanese media has that habit. That is just wrong and annoying. I just feel that we need to cheer for both Wang and Yankees. After all, it is just my opinion.

These two weeks are critical to Yankees. Let’s cheer for them no matter what! Capitan and Cano seems tired to me today in the game. We need their bats. I will pray for Moose. With Gator’s help, Moose might finally get it right. He really needs to step up. Hope Yankees will win the wild car race and challenge Boston at the end. Well, in my perfect dream, Yankees win the division. Anyway, Let’s go Yankees!! Let’s Hughes!!