Ngayaw Ake Lin Chih-sheng (; born 1 January 1982;

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: Ngayaw Ake林智盛), also known as Ngayaw Ake in

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, is a

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baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

player for the

Wei Chuan Dragons The Wei Chuan Dragons () are a professional baseball team in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) that originally existed between 1990 and 1999. In 2019, negotiations regarding the franchise's revival and return to the CPBL took ...

of the

Chinese Professional Baseball League The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL; ) is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan. The league was established in 1989 and played the first season in 1990. CPBL eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 20 ...

(CPBL). He began his career with the

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in 2004. The team changed its name to the Lamigo Monkeys in 2011, and Lin left after the 2015 season to sign with the

CTBC Brothers The CTBC Brothers () or simply Brothers are a professional baseball team in Taiwan. The team was originally established as an amateur team in 1984 by the Brother Hotel located in Taipei City, and later joined the Chinese Professional Baseball Leagu ...

. While with the Bears and later Monkeys, Lin and his teammate

Shih Chih-wei Shih Chih-wei (; born 14 August 1977 in Alishan, Chiayi County, Taiwan) is a retired Taiwanese baseball player. He played for the amateur Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team before being drafted by the La New Bears (later renamed the Lamigo M ...

were often referred to as the "Sheng-Shih Connection," a reference to the

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film ''

Legend of the Sacred Stone ''Legend of the Sacred Stone'' is a 2000 Taiwanese puppetry feature film written and directed by Chris Huang, a spin-off from the glove puppetry ''wuxia'' television series '' Pili''. It reflects the traditional Taiwanese style of glove puppetry kn ...

''. Alone, Lin is nicknamed "Big Brother."

Career

Lin competed at the

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and had the game-winning hit at the championship game against

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. In 2008, Lin was chosen to play on the Taiwanese national baseball team at the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. He also played in the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

, and captained the national team in the inaugural

WBSC Premier12 The WBSC Premier12 is the international baseball tournament organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), featuring the 12 highest-ranked national baseball teams in the world. The first tournament was held by Taiwan and Japan i ...

held in November 2015. He recorded the CPBL's first 30–30 season in 2015, and also won the MVP award that season. On 4 January 2016, Lin signed with the

Chinatrust Brothers The CTBC Brothers () or simply Brothers are a professional baseball team in Taiwan. The team was originally established as an amateur team in 1984 by the Brother Hotel located in Taipei City, and later joined the Chinese Professional Baseball Leagu ...

. He is the first player to change teams since the implementation of free agency in 2010. The three-year deal, worth a guaranteed NT$45 million (US$1.36 million), is the richest in CPBL history, and also includes NT$9 million in incentives. On April 3, 2022, while playing for the

, Lin hit his 290th career home run off of

Uni-President Lions The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, stylized as Uni-President 7-ᴇʟᴇᴠᴇn Lions, also known as Uni-Lions (), are a professional baseball team playing in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). The Lions are based in Tainan City, Ta ...

pitcher

Ching-Ming Wang Ching-Ming Wang (王鏡銘) (born January 16, 1986) is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese professional baseball player for the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). Career He spent 2008 in the minor league system ...

. With the solo blast, Lin set the all-time CPBL home run record.

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* * 1982 births 2006 World Baseball Classic players 2013 World Baseball Classic players 2015 WBSC Premier12 players 2017 World Baseball Classic players Amis people Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games medalists in baseball Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Baseball infielders Baseball players at the 2006 Asian Games Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2010 Asian Games Brisbane Bandits players CTBC Brothers players La New Bears players Lamigo Monkeys players Living people Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Olympic baseball players of Taiwan People from Taitung County Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in Australia {{Taiwan-baseball-bio-stub