The history of the team can be traced back to early 2001, when local Macoto Bank started to sponsor Taiwan Major League's (TML) Taipei Gida, taking over from the original sponsor Sampo Corporation. After TML's merger with CPBL in early 2003, Macoto Bank decided to run one of the 2 absorbed TML teams and the new team Macoto Gida (誠泰太陽) was formed accordingly along with its sister team First Financial Holdings Agan. During the merger draft Macoto Bank picked the bulk of Macoto Gida's players from Taichung Agan and Chiayi-Tainan Luka, but not the original Taipei Gida. Macoto Bank went on running and changed the team's mascot to animal-style cobras following CPBL's regulations in early 2004.
In 2004 and 2005 the Macoto Cobras was head-coached by Tai-Yuan Kuo, a legendary Taiwanese pitcher who played for the Seibu Lions for 13 years. In 2005 this team competed with Sinon Bulls in the CPBL championships, but was defeated 0-4.
After the merger of Macoto Bank into Shin Kong Financial Holdings in January 2006, the Shin Kong Financial Holdings finally did not absorb the Cobras due to disagreement on purchase prices as well as its lacking willingness. So during the 2006 season it was Macoto Bank's original chairman Lin Cheng-i(林誠一) and his son, Macoto Bank's original CEO Lin Chih-kuang( 林致光) who used their own money to run this team. Unable to afford such burden, after the 2006 season ended the Lins have been trying to sell this team. The Foxconn Corporation was once reportedly interested, but finally in February 2007 it was the Taoyuan-based Jiuhe (九禾) Corporation which came to the takeover agreement with the Lins. However, on March 5, 2007 this takeover was disapproved by the CPBL General Managers committee. At the end of 2007 season, rumors about the team's sale again surfaced. It is announced on February 4, 2008, that dmedia System Co., Ltd. is the new owner of the team.
On October 8, 2008, T-REX CEO Shih Chien-shin was called to the local district attorney's office along with the team's general manager, spokesperson, and three other players for alleged game-fixing. On the following day, CPBL announced that it is freezing T-REX's membership pending investigation. On October 23, 2008, CPBL announced that Dmedia T-REX has been expelled from the league.
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January 01, 1970
dmedia, 米迪亞暴龍, professional, baseball, team, belonging, chinese, professional, baseball, league, cpbl, informationleaguechinese, professional, baseball, leaguelocationtaipeifounded2003, years, 2003, folded2008, years, 2008, colorsblack, reduniformshomeaway, co. The dmedia T REX 米迪亞暴龍 was a professional baseball team belonging to the Chinese Professional Baseball League CPBL dmedia T REXInformationLeagueChinese Professional Baseball LeagueLocationTaipeiFounded2003 21 years ago 2003 Folded2008 16 years ago 2008 ColorsBlack and redUniformsHomeAway Contents 1 History 2 Records 2 1 Regular seasons 2 2 Playoffs 3 External linksHistory editThe history of the team can be traced back to early 2001 when local Macoto Bank started to sponsor Taiwan Major League s TML Taipei Gida taking over from the original sponsor Sampo Corporation After TML s merger with CPBL in early 2003 Macoto Bank decided to run one of the 2 absorbed TML teams and the new team Macoto Gida 誠泰太陽 was formed accordingly along with its sister team First Financial Holdings Agan During the merger draft Macoto Bank picked the bulk of Macoto Gida s players from Taichung Agan and Chiayi Tainan Luka but not the original Taipei Gida Macoto Bank went on running and changed the team s mascot to animal style cobras following CPBL s regulations in early 2004 In 2004 and 2005 the Macoto Cobras was head coached by Tai Yuan Kuo a legendary Taiwanese pitcher who played for the Seibu Lions for 13 years In 2005 this team competed with Sinon Bulls in the CPBL championships but was defeated 0 4 After the merger of Macoto Bank into Shin Kong Financial Holdings in January 2006 the Shin Kong Financial Holdings finally did not absorb the Cobras due to disagreement on purchase prices as well as its lacking willingness So during the 2006 season it was Macoto Bank s original chairman Lin Cheng i 林誠一 and his son Macoto Bank s original CEO Lin Chih kuang 林致光 who used their own money to run this team Unable to afford such burden after the 2006 season ended the Lins have been trying to sell this team The Foxconn Corporation was once reportedly interested but finally in February 2007 it was the Taoyuan based Jiuhe 九禾 Corporation which came to the takeover agreement with the Lins However on March 5 2007 this takeover was disapproved by the CPBL General Managers committee At the end of 2007 season rumors about the team s sale again surfaced It is announced on February 4 2008 that dmedia System Co Ltd is the new owner of the team On October 8 2008 T REX CEO Shih Chien shin was called to the local district attorney s office along with the team s general manager spokesperson and three other players for alleged game fixing On the following day CPBL announced that it is freezing T REX s membership pending investigation On October 23 2008 CPBL announced that Dmedia T REX has been expelled from the league Records editQualified for playoffs Taiwan Series Championship Asia Series Championship Regular seasons edit Season Wins Losses Ties Pct Place Macoto Gida 2003 30 21 9 64 27 37 6 2 4 319 438 196 5 5 6 Macoto Cobras 2004 43 26 17 54 24 30 3 0 3 443 520 362 5 4 6 2005 50 29 21 43 20 23 8 2 6 538 592 477 2 1 5 2006 48 24 24 50 24 26 2 2 0 490 500 480 4 4 3 2007 44 28 16 55 21 34 1 1 0 444 571 320 5 1 6 dmedia T REX 2008 37 21 16 60 28 32 1 1 0 381 429 333 6 4 6 Total 252 326 21 436 Playoffs edit Season First Round Taiwan Series Opponent Wins Losses Opponent Wins Losses Macoto Cobras 2005 Uni President Lions 3 1 Sinon Bulls 0 4 2007 Uni President Lions 0 3 Eliminated Total Combining the first round and Taiwan Series 3 8External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dmedia T REX Official site in Chinese Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dmedia T REX amp oldid 1186972657, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
