Lin Wei-chu, who plays for the Hanshin Tigers, walked in the hallway at Tokyo Dome, dropping his shoulders in a clear gesture of his mourning mood.
Taiwan's inexcusable 4-1 loss to China, which has been considered a developing nation in baseball, might have been one of the most humiliating experiences of his career. And it gave him heartbreak before his season with the Tigers starts in April.
"If you can't score early in a game, you expect this kind of a thing," Lin said of Saturday's game in which his Taiwan team faced an early 1-0 deficit while it struggled to put runners on base.