Central News Agency (CNA, Taipei, July 1, 2026) Kinmen natives Hsu Shu-cheng and Hung Chia-en were drafted in the CPBL draft, a moment that took 36 years to arrive. Coach Huang Kuo-wei said he was so moved he almost cried, stating that promoting baseball in Kinmen is not easy and hoping it will inspire more children to participate in baseball and allow more Kinmen players to reach the professional league stage. Pitcher Weng Feng-yu was a founding member of the Mercuries Tigers and the first professional baseball player from Kinmen. However, after 1990, it wasn't until 2026 that another player from Kinmen was selected. In this year's draft, the CTBC Brothers selected shortstop Hsu Shu-cheng in the first round, making him the first Kinmen-born position player to join the CPBL. The Wei Chuan Dragons then selected pitcher Hung Chia-en in the ninth round, who is the first player in history to have played baseball at all three levels (Little League, Junior High, and Senior High) in Kinmen and is expected to successfully join the CPBL. Kinmen has no dedicated baseball coaches; the sport is promoted through the efforts of coaches who are passionate about baseball. Coach Huang Kuo-wei jokingly calls his main job baseball coaching and his side job being a firefighter at the airport. Huang Kuo-wei began promoting baseball in Kinmen around 2006. In an interview with CNA, he said that the moment he saw the names of two Kinmen-born players selected, "I was so moved that I almost cried tears of joy." During its peak in the 1970s, Kinmen had 16 Little League teams and 5 Junior High teams. Currently, there are only 2 Little League teams, 1 Junior High team, and 1 Senior High team. Pitcher Hung Chia-en is a graduating student from Kinmen Agricultural and Industrial Vocational High School. Huang Kuo-wei frankly stated that promoting baseball in Kinmen is very difficult. Promising players with outstanding physical conditions are often recruited by other sports like basketball, badminto