Baseball: Taiwan fireballer Gu Lin ready for Japan challenge

Taiwan pro baseball's 2024 MVP, Gu Lin Ruei-yang, said Tuesday he hopes to lead by example by taking his talents to new heights with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league.Two days after Taiwan's historic Premier12 championship in Tokyo, Gu Lin, who did not take part in the international tournament because of an injury, said he, too, is ready to test himself in Japan.The hard-throwing 24-year-old, the first Taiwanese pitcher to be named Chinese Professional Baseball League's MVP since 2006, told a press conference that Taiwan is capable of producing …READ FULL ARTICLE