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Lin En-Yu

林恩宇　/　りん・えんゆう

Baseball player from Taiwan

March 25, 1981 (age 45)　・　Tainan, Taiwan

baseball player

My Take

Lin En-Yu is one of those names that means a lot in Taiwanese baseball circles and almost nothing elsewhere, which is exactly why I find him interesting. A pitcher out of Tainan who came up through the national training team in the early 2000s before the Macoto Cobras drafted him into the CPBL, he reads to me as a product of Taiwan's serious, underrated baseball pipeline. His pro run with the team was short, ending in 2006, and I always wonder about the players whose careers burned bright and brief. He's a reminder that baseball's deepest stories often live well outside the major leagues.

Overview

Lin En-yu (Chinese: 林恩宇; pinyin: Lín Enyǔ; Wade–Giles: Lin2 En1 Yü3; born 25 March 1981) is a Taiwanese former professional baseball pitcher. After serving on the Taiwanese national training team in 2003 and 2004, he was drafted by the Macoto Cobras of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan in early 2005 and stayed with the team until the end of 2006.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Lin En-Yu
Name (Japanese): 林恩宇
Reading: りん・えんゆう
Born: March 25, 1981 (age 45)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Rooster
Origin: Tainan, Taiwan
Blood type: Private
Height: 188 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: National Taiwan Sport University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E6%81%A9%E5%AE%87

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