A Suitcase Full of Monkey Swag

<p>Or Lion swag, if you’re Pottymouth. NCiB talks Taiwanese baseball with Daniel Shih, sports director at <a href="https://twitter.com/TSTVSports">@tstvsports</a> and host of “Rants With Danny Shih.” The <a href="https://www.scoreboard.com/baseball/taiwan/cpbl/fixtures/">CPBL is the only live baseball</a> happening worldwide, and as such is simultaneously playing to empty ballparks and thousands of international Twitter followers. We talk teams (Patti and Danny back the <a href="http://cpblstats.com/rakuten-monkeys/">Rakuten Monkeys</a>, and Pottymouth is a <a href="http://cpblstats.com/uni-lions/">Uni Lion</a> for Life), the culture and history of baseball in Taiwan, and how to get Monkey and Lion merch to NCiB hosts. You can reach Danny on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/daniel_shih88">@daniel_shih88</a></p><p><br></p><p>The Commissioner’s report on the sign-stealing <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/04/23/following-mlbs-red-sox-report-biggest-suspension-is-that-disbelief/">investigation of the Boston Red Sox</a> is released to a great deal of suspicion. How is the front office off the hook? Did Manfred read his own report? Even Pottymouth, third generation Red Sox fan, <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/04/26/calling-foul-over-mlb-report-on-sox-sign-stealing-scandal/">thinks something is fishy </a>here.</p><p><br></p><p>Pottymouth reports back on the standings in the various fake baseball tournaments, after bravely trying to watch a <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-dream-bracket-mvps-through-two-rounds">Dream Bracket</a> simulation. We’ll stick to 7am CPBL games, thank you very much. Over in actual postponed baseball land, the <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/cape-cod-baseball-league-cancels-2020-season-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic/">Cape Cod League</a> already called its summer season, and the <a href="https://twitter.com/CalRipkenLeague/status/1252983482558697473/photo/1">Cal Ripken League</a> postponed to at least July, with a final decision coming in J