Taipei, March 9 (CNA) Former professional team manager Chen Wei-cheng has been named manager of Taiwan's national baseball team, the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (CTBA) announced Wednesday at a press conference.
A CTBA committee selected Chen over Hsieh Chang-heng for a two-year term from 2011-2013, during which he will lead the national team to compete in the World Cup and the qualifiers of the World Baseball Classic.
Chen, 44, coached Sinon Bulls of the four-team professional league Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) from 2001-2003 and led the team to the 2003 Taiwan Series.
He has also been serving as an assistant to the former national team manager Yeh Chih-hsien since the 2009 World Baseball Classic and was part of the Taiwan coaching team at the Asian Games and Intercontinental Baseball tournament last year.
He will leave his post as manager of the Kao Yuan University baseball team to take up his new job.
Hsieh, 49, was also in the running for the national team manager position, but did not get the nod. A former professional pitcher, he was the pitching coach of the national team from 2007-2008 and is currently the manager of the New Taipei City amateur baseball team. (By Chris Wang) enditem /pc