Lin Che-Hsuan's Emotional Retirement Speech: 'To Bring Fubon Back to Glory'
Professional baseball player Lin Che-Hsuan announced his retirement with an emotional speech, stating, 'I want to bring Fubon back to glory.' Many baseball stars he befriended, including Chen Yu-Hsun and Kuo Hong-Chih, sent video messages to congratulate him and celebrate his career.
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Baseball stars who had connections with Lin Che-Hsuan, including Chen Yu-Hsun, Cheng Kai-Wen, Lin Hung-Yu, Fu Land-Go, Lin Chih-Sheng, Hu Chin-Lung, Kuo Hong-Chih, Tazawa Junichi, and Inaba Atsunori, specially recorded videos to congratulate him on his retirement. Three teammates, Chen Shih-Peng, Chiang Kuo-Hao, and Yu Ting-Wei, jokingly said, 'While you're in the minor league, we don't want to keep seeing you.'
After hanging up his glove, Lin Che-Hsuan will focus on serving as a coach for the Fubon Guardians' minor league team. Guests attending also prepared retirement gifts: Fubon Financial Holdings Chairman Tsai Ming-Hsing presented an Apple Watch, team leader Chen Chao-Ju and deputy team leader Lin Wei-Chu offered bouquets and a coaching bat, legendary foreign pitcher Mike Loree gave a career commemorative plaque, and 'Coach Niu' Chen Hsien-Jung prepared a duffel bag.
Besides friends like Chen Yu-Hsun and Kuo Yen-Wen, the Fubon Guardians also invited 'Stock Cancer' Hsieh Meng-Kung. Lin Che-Hsuan, who enjoys studying investments, revealed that he found comfort listening to Hsieh Meng-Kung's program during periods of confusion while rehabilitating and playing games. He even made a wish: 'I hope you'll use Trump's voice to wish the Fubon Guardians a championship.'
During his retirement ceremony speech, Lin Che-Hsuan thanked Honorary Head Coach Chen Hsien-Jung of Nan Ying Commercial & Industrial Vocational High School for his guidance. He also recalled the hardships during his time in the US and his journey after returning to Taiwan to join the CPBL, expressing gratitude for his parents' understanding and his wife's unwavering support throughout, which allowed him to fully commit himself on the field.
Lin Che-Hsuan frankly admitted that the moment of retirement came sooner than expected. 'The jersey will be taken off, the games will end, but I will clearly remember the moments I ran on the field. I hope you remember me as someone who was always on the field, unyielding and constantly fighting.' His next step is to continue helping the team as a coach. 'I will do everything I can to bring Fubon back to glory. I am Lin Che-Hsuan, and this journey has ended.' (Editor: Lee Heng-Shan)1150406
After hanging up his glove, Lin Che-Hsuan will focus on serving as a coach for the Fubon Guardians' minor league team. Guests attending also prepared retirement gifts: Fubon Financial Holdings Chairman Tsai Ming-Hsing presented an Apple Watch, team leader Chen Chao-Ju and deputy team leader Lin Wei-Chu offered bouquets and a coaching bat, legendary foreign pitcher Mike Loree gave a career commemorative plaque, and 'Coach Niu' Chen Hsien-Jung prepared a duffel bag.
Besides friends like Chen Yu-Hsun and Kuo Yen-Wen, the Fubon Guardians also invited 'Stock Cancer' Hsieh Meng-Kung. Lin Che-Hsuan, who enjoys studying investments, revealed that he found comfort listening to Hsieh Meng-Kung's program during periods of confusion while rehabilitating and playing games. He even made a wish: 'I hope you'll use Trump's voice to wish the Fubon Guardians a championship.'
During his retirement ceremony speech, Lin Che-Hsuan thanked Honorary Head Coach Chen Hsien-Jung of Nan Ying Commercial & Industrial Vocational High School for his guidance. He also recalled the hardships during his time in the US and his journey after returning to Taiwan to join the CPBL, expressing gratitude for his parents' understanding and his wife's unwavering support throughout, which allowed him to fully commit himself on the field.
Lin Che-Hsuan frankly admitted that the moment of retirement came sooner than expected. 'The jersey will be taken off, the games will end, but I will clearly remember the moments I ran on the field. I hope you remember me as someone who was always on the field, unyielding and constantly fighting.' His next step is to continue helping the team as a coach. 'I will do everything I can to bring Fubon back to glory. I am Lin Che-Hsuan, and this journey has ended.' (Editor: Lee Heng-Shan)1150406