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The dmedia T-REX are a professional baseball team belonging to the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).
[edit] History
The history of the team can be traced back to early 2001 when local Macoto Bank started to sponsor Taiwan Major League's (TML) Taipei Gida, taking over from the original sponsor Sampo Corporation. After TML's merger with CPBL in early 2003, Macoto Bank decided to run one of the 2 absorbed TML teams and the new team Macoto Gida (誠泰太陽) was formed accordingly along with its sister team First Financial Holdings Agan. Interestingly, during the merger draft Macoto Bank picked the bulk of Macoto Gida's players from Taichung Agan and Chiayi-Tainan Luka, but not the original Taipei Gida. Macoto Bank went on running and changed the team's mascot to animal-style cobras following CPBL's regulations in early 2004.
In 2004 and 2005 the Macoto Cobras was head-coached by Tai-Yuan Kuo, a legendary Taiwanese pitcher who played for the Seibu Lions for 13 years. In 2005 this team competed with Sinon Bulls in the CPBL championships, but was defeated 0-4.
After the merger of Macoto Bank into Shin Kong Financial Holdings in January 2006, the Shin Kong Financial Holdings finally did not absorb the Cobras due to disagreement on purchase prices as well as its lacking willingness. So during the 2006 season it was Macoto Bank's original chairman Lin Cheng-i(林誠一) and his son, Macoto Bank's original CEO Lin Chih-kuang(林致光) who used their own money to run this team. Unable to afford such burden, after the 2006 season ended the Lins have been trying to sell this team. The Foxconn Corporation was once reportedly interested, but finally in February 2007 it was the Taoyuan-based Jiuhe(九禾) Corporation which came to the takeover agreement with the Lins. However in March 5 2007 this takeover was disapproved by the CPBL General Managers committee. At the end of 2007 season, rumors about the team's sale again surfaced. It is announced on February 4, 2008, that d-Media Corporation is the new owner of the team. There is no additional information available as d-Media would not reveal more details regarding the purchase.
[edit] Records
[edit] Regular Seasons
| Season |
Wins |
Losses |
Ties |
Pct. |
Place |
| Macoto Gida |
| 2003 |
30 (21/9) |
64 (27/37) |
6 (2/4) |
.319 (.438'.196) |
5 (5/6) |
| Macoto Cobras |
| 2004 |
43 (26/17) |
54 (24/30) |
3 (0/3) |
.443 (.520/.362) |
5 (4/6) |
| 2005 |
50 (29/21) |
43 (20/23) |
7 (1/6) |
.538 (.592/.477) |
2 (1/5) |
| 2006 |
48 (24/24) |
50 (24/26) |
2 (2/0) |
.490 (.500/.480) |
4 (4/3) |
| 2007 |
44 (28/16) |
55 (21/34) |
1 (1/0) |
.444 (.571/.320) |
5 (1/6) |
| dmedia T-REX |
| 2008 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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| Total |
215 |
266 |
19 |
.447 |
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[edit] Playoffs
[edit] Players
[edit] Active Roster
[edit] Pitchers
- 16
 Huang Chin-chih (黃欽智)
- 17 Lee Ming-chin (李明進)
- 18 Hsu Chu-chien (許竹見)
- 23
 Carlos Castillo
- 36 Andy Van Hekken
- 42 Chen Chia-hung (陳家鴻)
- 43 Chang Hsien-chih (張賢智)
- 61 Lin Ching-min (林敬民)
- 69 Travis Minix
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[edit] Catchers
- 27 Huang Hao-jan (黃浩然)
- 53 Chen Ke-fan (陳克帆)
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[edit] Infielders
- 03 Shi Hsiang-kai (施翔凱)
- 05 Huang Shih-hao (黃仕豪)
- 12 Kuo Ming-jen (郭銘仁)
- 13 Teng Shi-yang (鄧蒔陽)
- 28 Wang Chuan-chia (王傳家)
- 45 Kao Wei (高瑋)
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 Ivanon Coffie
[edit] Outfielders
- 26 Lin Hung-yuen (林鴻遠)
- 33 Chen Chih-peng (陳致鵬)
- 39 Chen Yuen-chia (陳元甲)
- 55 Hsieh Chia-hsien (謝佳賢)
- 85 Chou Si-chi (周思齊)
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[edit] Notable Former Players
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