Lin Cheng-feng (, born 26 December 1982) is a Taiwanese

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player who currently plays for

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. He currently serves as a long reliever for the

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Early life

Born in

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, Lin was adopted by his foster family, and adopted the family name Hsu as his surname. He later changed his surname to

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, the family name of his biological family. He began to play baseball at junior level, and moved to Kaohsiung to attend Kaoyuan Vocational School (), a secondary school with a long tradition in athletic development in Southern Taiwan. After graduating from Kauyuan, he joined

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, an amateur baseball team in Taiwan's Class A amateur baseball league, before passing the alternative services examination and entered the draft.

Professional career

Lin was drafted by

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in the second round of 2004's alternative service draft, and spent one year in the minor league as required by regulation. He made his debut on March 22, 2006, after fulfilling his one-year obligation in alternative service. His first win came on June 23, 2007.中華職棒大聯盟單場明�
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He started against

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, and pitched five innings while walked six and gave up four hits, including a two-run

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by Huang Lung-Yi. His teammates supported him with eight runs, allowed him to become the second pitcher from Penghu to score a victory in the history of

. In 2012, he was released by

and later signed by

References

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