Rakuten Monkeys
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The Rakuten Monkeys (Chinese: 樂天桃猿; pinyin: Lètiān Táoyúan), formerly known as La New Bears (2004–2010) and Lamigo Monkeys (2011–2019), are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan. Owned and administered by the Japanese technology conglomerate Rakuten, the Monkeys qualified for the playoffs in 2006 for the first time in team history, and by finishing with the best record in the entire season, gained an automatic berth for the Taiwan Series.
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樂天桃猿 | |
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League | Chinese Professional Baseball League |
Location | Taoyuan |
Ballpark | Rakuten Taoyuan Baseball Stadium |
Founded | 2003; 21 years ago (2003) |
Taiwan Series championships | (7) |
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Colors | White and red |
Playoff berths | (12) |
Ownership | Rakuten |
Manager | Kenji Furukubo |
General Manager | Justin Liu |
Website | monkeys |
The team played their home games at Chengcing Lake Baseball Field in Kaohsiung County from 2004 to 2010. In the 2011 season, they moved to Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium. Accordingly, the team's name was changed to the Lamigo Monkeys.