Guangdong Leopards
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The Guangdong Fighting Leopards (广东猎豹) are a China Baseball League
China Baseball League
The China Baseball League or Chinese Baseball League or CBL is a professional baseball league under the administration of Chinese Baseball Association, founded in 2002.-Teams:...

 team based in Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...

. They play their games in Zhongshan Stadium
Zhongshan Stadium
Zhongshan Sports Center Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Zhongshan, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was one of the six stadiums used for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 people. The stadium are all-seaters with multi-color seats...

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The Leopards began play in . They were the second place team in . In the season they won their first championship in the league by beating the Beijing Tigers 2-0.

Notable players

  • Lai Guojun, P
    Pitcher
    In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

  • Evan Fowler, [Pitcher]P]
  • Liu Kai
    Liu Kai
    Liu Kai is a left-handed pitcher in the New York Yankees organization. Liu Kai was later released by the New York Yankees minor league system for his extremely poor performance along with his Chinese team mate Zhang Zhenwang....

    , P (signed with New York Yankees
    New York Yankees
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     on June 18, 2007)
  • Feng Yi, C
    Catcher
    Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to...

  • Liu Guangbiao, 2B
    Second baseman
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  • Pan Wenbin Pan, SS
    Shortstop
    Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...

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