Taiwan’s entertaining and fiercely competitive professional baseball league (CPBL) currently consists of four teams: Chinatrust Brothers, Lamigo Monkeys, EDA Rhinos, and Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions. While living in Taipei earlier this year, the cartoonist Edward Steed took in a few games. Here are some of his drawings:

Pre-game entertainment.

Perfect weather for baseball.

Monkeys' star hitter Ngayaw Ake strikes out.

Jaime Pedroza gets a run in the third. 4-0, Brothers.

Monkeys' right fielder Yu De-long twists an ankle. Kuo Yong-wei to the rescue.

Chen Kuan-jen waits for it to be over. Final score: Brothers, 6; Monkeys, 0.

Uni-President Lions v. EDA Rhinos. Chengcing Lake, Kaohsiung.

First inning, third pitch, first strike.

Teng Chih-wei at bat.

Justin Thomas pitching for the Lions.

Lin Chih-hsiang fumbles, recovers.

Chen Chun-hui dodges a fast one.

A broken bat takes everyone by surprise. Final score: Lions, 5; Rhinos, 4.

The starting pitchers.

Chang Chih-hao and a missed opportunity.

Bobby Blevins pitches. Ngayaw Ake hits.

Lin (Little Fatty) Hung-yu with a nonchalant home run. Puts the Monkeys ahead, 10-4.

Final score: Brothers, 4; Monkeys, 15.

Jared Lansford on the mound.

Chang Chien-ming doesn’t fool anyone.

Catcher Huang Hao-lan, smarting from a home-plate collision.

Chen Chun-hsiu ends it with a home run in the ninth. Lamigo Monkeys, 3; EDA Rhinos, 2.

Chen Chun-hsiu collects his M.V.P. award. Meanwhile, someone has to fetch the ball.