Tsai Chung-Nan

Tsai Chung-nan (; born 7 March 1979 in Taipei County, Taiwan), sometimes nicknamed Ah-Gan , is a Taiwanese former baseball starting pitcher who played for the Sinon Bulls in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) from 2002 to 2009. He is currently the head coach for the Nanhua University baseball team.

Early life and education Born in Xizhi Township, Taipei County, Tsai attended Xizhi Elementary School and Xiufeng Senior High School prior to entering Taipei Physical Education College, a junior college in Taipei. He joined the Taiwanese military as part of Taiwan's compulsory service.

In discontinued magazine Baseball World'''s October 1999 issue, Tsai was featured in the cover story and dubbed the "Prince of the Forkball." The cover bore, in large English lettering, "Now You Know Who I Am!" After Tsai’s performance in the Asian Baseball Championship, he was recruited by or in dialogue with Nippon Professional Baseball, Taiwan Major League, and CPBL teams.

Tsai was the No. 1 overall pick by the Sinon Bulls in the 2002 CPBL draft, signing a historic NT$6 million contract. In his rookie season, Tsai posted 14 wins and 9 losses with a 3.49 earned run average, receiving the CPBL Rookie of the Year Award.

In his second year in the CPBL, he posted 11 wins.

In October 2016, Nanhua University announced the establishment of its baseball team and hired Tsai to be its first head coach.

Personal life Tsai's nickname Ah-Gan'' is derived from the Taiwanese translation of film character Forrest Gump. His classmates at junior college coined the nickname based on anecdotes that Tsai often continued running after the team's conditioning drills had ended.