Taiwan Day Angels Dagu kicked off the Lotte Girls to support the Red Sox | Los Angeles Angels | Lotte Girls Cheerleading | Ji Qinyao

[The Epoch Times, May 26, 2023](Reported by Epoch Times reporter Xu Manyuan from Orange County) On May 24 (Wednesday), the Los Angeles Angels played against the Boston Red Sox at home. That day coincided with the “Taiwan Day” of Orange County’s Taiwanese Beauty Tradition Week. “, not only the “Lotte Girls Cheerleading Team” from Taiwan danced in solidarity, but Ji Qinyao, the director of the Luo Jingwen Office, also played and kicked off. Nearly 2,000 Taiwanese overseas Chinese wearing jerseys with the number “Taiwan1” on their backs cheered for the Angels. Japanese two-swords star Shohei Otani and Mike Trout “Trout” fired at the same field. In the end, the Angels won 7:3. Swept the Red Sox and won 4 consecutive victories.

Ji Qinyao, head of the Economic and Cultural Affairs Office in Los Angeles, kicks off the home game of the Angels

Coach Dai Yucheng, the organizer of the “Angels Taiwan Day”, said that the event was strongly supported and promoted by overseas Chinese groups such as “Hello Taiwan”, Orange County Taiwan Week Organizing Committee, and the Taiwan Club. Many Taiwanese fans bought tickets on the spot, and he estimated that nearly 2,000 beauties entered the venue to participate in “Taiwan Day”.

In order to prepare for the kick-off ceremony, Ji Qinyao also found Dai Yucheng for training guidance. He threw a nice changeup ball that dropped before the base and was caught easily by the catcher. He said that baseball is the national sport of Taiwanese. Most Taiwanese have played and watched baseball since they were young. For some reason, he hasn’t played baseball for a long time, but after training, he regained his sense of the ball and threw a satisfying kickoff.

Ji Chin-yao hopes to promote exchanges between Taiwan and the United States in various aspects, so that the Taiwanese sports world can also learn the essence of American sports culture, and improve the level of Taiwanese athletes and the participation of fans. He thanked the organizers for planning, and hoped that there will be more similar activities in the future, so that the culture and spirit of Taiwanese people can be seen by the world more widely.

Xiao Beiru, director of the Orange County Overseas Chinese Education Center, thanked the overseas Chinese in Orange County for their active participation in the “Angels Taiwan Day”. Although the Taiwanese star Zhang Yucheng of the Boston Red Sox was unable to play due to injury, there were still Taiwanese fans who made posters to encourage Zhang Yucheng to recover soon. Taiwanese fans cheered for the Angels star of the home team. When Shohei Otani hit a home run, everyone stood up happily and played wave dance to cheer for the Angels.

In addition to the Taiwanese living in Orange County, there are also many Taiwanese expatriates from the Greater Los Angeles area to participate in the “Team Angels Taiwan Day”. Veteran baseball fans Penny and Teresa not only made posters to encourage Zhang Yucheng to recover soon, but also made posters to support Shohei Otani. They both love baseball and it’s great to see the Taiwanese logo and Taiwanese American community on major league ballparks.

The expatriate Liu Zhiwei invited more than 20 relatives and friends to the stadium to participate in the “Taiwan Day”. He brought the young players of different ethnicities in his son’s school baseball team to cheer for Taiwan. The children had stickers such as the Taiwanese flag and Love Taiwan on their faces. ; There are also expatriates with small national flags, and when a player makes a good pitch or hits a hit, they happily wave the national flag to have fun.

Dai Yucheng threw 3 balls signed by Chinese professional baseball stars and 5 balls used in major leagues, which attracted cheers from the Taiwan fan area; .

Chen Qigeng, president of the Taiwan-American Chamber of Commerce in Gan County, who participated in the “Angels Taiwan Day” for the first time, said that it was a great feeling to see the Taiwanese cheerleading performances and hear Chinese music on the American baseball field. He hopes to make “Team Angels Taiwan Day” an annual event, attracting more Taiwanese expatriates and people of different ethnicities to participate.

Chen Baiyu, chairman of the Greater Los Angeles Taiwan Club, and Ran Ruiyi and Huang Zhaojun, directors of the Taiwan Club, arrived at the Angels Stadium early to watch the game in order to avoid traffic jams. Qiu Chuihuang and Lin Cuiyun, members of the Orange County Overseas Chinese Affairs Advisory Committee, Wang Zhuqing, president of the Taiwan Association of California, Xie Chuanzuo, the outgoing president, and many local overseas Chinese leaders also put on the “Taiwan1” jersey, which means “Taiwan No. “Day” should support and come on.

Pu Weiqing, team leader of the Lotte Peach Apes, said that he was very happy to participate in the “Angels Taiwan Day” event, and hoped that the cheering actions, singing and dancing performances and other desktop cheering culture of the “Lotte Girls Cheering Squad” would be loved by fans of the American Major League . They will successively participate in the “Taiwan Day” activities of the Oakland Athletics on May 27 and the New York Mets on August 27, showing the characteristics of “desktop cheerleading”. ◇

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