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曾效力美國職棒大聯盟（Major League Baseball，簡稱：「大聯盟」或MLB）科羅拉多洛磯隊（Colorado Rockies, COL）及洛杉磯閃躲者隊（Los Angeles Dodgers, LAD）的曹錦輝，傳出打假球的新聞不只受到台灣媒體的注意，就連美國主流媒體也十分關注。美國聯合通訊社（Associated Press，簡稱「美聯社」AP）報導此新聞的標題即寫著「曹，告訴我們這不是真的(Say it ain't so Tsao)」來表達不可置信，而這個標題也跟過去美國曾爆發打假球事件有密切關係。

據了解，美國職棒大聯盟（Major League Baseball，簡稱：「大聯盟」或MLB）在1919年的世界大賽中，曾爆發美國聯盟（American League，簡稱「美聯」AL）芝加哥白襪（Chicago White Sox, CWS）與國家聯盟（National League，簡稱「國聯」NL）的辛辛那提紅人打假球的事件，當時白襪一壘手Arnold Gandil不滿球團老闆的貪婪與吝嗇，便找了外野手Joe Jackson等7位同樣對老闆不滿的球員涉嫌打假球，故意在大賽中輸給紅人。 

而當時在世界大賽中表現優異的Joe Jackson，不僅在30次外野守備機會中沒有任何失誤，且協助球隊助殺5名跑壘員，打擊率還高達0.375。但他卻在白襪輸球的5場比賽中，只拿下1分打點，還讓辛辛那提紅人隊（Cincinnati Reds, CIN）在系列戰中擊出多支「左外野」方向不尋常的三壘安打，有違他以往突出的守備能力。

這也讓白襪打假球的傳言不脛而走，當時是白襪球迷心目中偶像的Joe Jackson，為打假球事件出庭時，一旁有許多不肯相信傳言的青少年球迷，不停追問是否真有其事且哀求的說「Joe，告訴我們這不是真的(Say it ain't so Joe)」，但他只是快步離去沒有回答，直到死前，他的遺書都堅稱自己是清白的。

而這8名白襪隊成員遭人指控打假球一事，經過美國法官調查後，最終判定這8名參與放水的球員均處以終身球監，不得再參加比賽，這就是美國職棒大聯盟史上最著名放水打假球的「黑襪事件」。

美國聯合通訊社（Associated Press，簡稱「美聯社」AP）這次會引據「Joe，告訴我們這不是真的(Say it ain't so Joe)」的話來報導此新聞，就是要表達不願相信，曾經是台灣第一位踏上大聯盟投手丘的曹錦輝，會為了錢而自毀前程。

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Oct 27, 2:15 AM EDT

Say it ain't so Tsao: Baseball scandal hits Taiwan

By ANNIE HUANG
Associated Press Writer
 TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Authorities are investigating whether Taiwanese baseball players accepted bribes to fix games, a prosecutor said Tuesday, the latest blow to the integrity of the sport in the baseball-loving country.
中華職業棒球聯盟 

The Uni-President ELEVEn Lions players celebrate after winning the CPBL, ROC Taiwan Professional Baseball League, against the Brother Elephants, 5-2, in Tainan, southern Taiwan, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009. Taiwan authorities are investigating whether Taiwanese baseball players accepted bribes to fix games, a prosecutor said Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 in the latest blow to the integrity of the sport in this baseball-loving country. (AP Photo) Prosecutor Cheng Hsin-hung refused to identify the players involved in the probe, but former Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tsao Chin-hui has acknowledged that investigators searched his Taipei home on Monday. 
 
"I regret (the investigators) failed to understand what happened with me and others who have played in good faith," said Tsao, who this year joined the Brother Elephants of the four-member ROC Taiwan Professional Baseball League. 
 
The 28-year-old Tsao was the first Taiwanese pitcher to take the mound in the major leagues but struggled through a series of injuries which limited his appearances for both the Rockies and Dodgers.
 
Hung Rwei-ho, the Elephants' manager, said Tsao and five of his other players were being investigated. Chang Chih-chia, formerly of Japan's Seibu Lions who now pitches for the La new Bears, has admitted he is a subject of the investigation, and Taiwan media reported that one or two players from the Sinon Bulls may also be involved. 
 
Cheng said the corruption probe had reached a critical stage. 
 
"We have ruled out the possibility that the players were intimidated and forced into throwing games, and are investigating whether they accepted improper benefits," he said. 
 
Taiwanese media, citing unnamed investigators, said that starting pitchers could earn up to $90,000 per outing from high stakes gamblers for agreeing to throw games.
 
Since its establishment in 1989, the CPBL has been mired in scandal. There have been at least three serious match fixing investigations, and this year the league pared its membership from six teams to four. In total, five teams have been disbanded over the past 12 years. 
 
Baseball has been Taiwan's leading sport since 1969, when a Taiwanese squad won the Little League World Series in the United States. 
 
That came some 60 years after former colonial ruler Japan first introduced baseball to the island, mainly as a recreational activity for its resident administrators. The Taiwanese themselves took up the sport in the 1920s. 
 
The new prosecutorial probe into the fixing allegations was revealed a day after the season ended with the Uni-President ELEVEn Lions winning Game 7 over the Brother Elephants in a tightly contested Taiwan Championship Series. Game 6 in the series went 17 innings. 
 
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