Chin-hui Tsao

Authorities are investigating whether Taiwanese baseball players accepted bribes to fix games, a prosecutor said Tuesday, the latest blow to the integrity of the sport on the baseball-loving island. Prosecutor Cheng Hsin-hung refused to identify the players involved in the probe, but former Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tsao Chin-hui has acknowledged that investigators searched his Taipei home on Monday. "I regret (the investigators) failed to understand what happened with me and others who have played in good faith," said Tsao, who this year joined the Brother Elephants of the four-member Chinese Professional Baseball League — Taiwan's top league. The 28-year-old Tsao ... Read Full Story

Congratulations to Chipper Jones on becoming the all-time home runs leader for the Atlanta Braves last night against the Los Angeles Dodgers . The switch-hitting, sweet-swinging Jones smashed a 3-2 Eric Stults pitch into the left-field pavilion with one out in the sixth before nailing his 372nd and 15th of the season leading off the eighth on Chin-hui Tsao's first pitch of the game. It took him 6,622 at bats to break the record previously held by Braves legend Dale Murphy , who had 7,098 at-bats with the club. Chipper is batting .325 on the season. [ Atlanta Journal-Constitution ] | [ Talking Chop ... Read Full Story

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