The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) playoffs included the three top teams from the regular season and crowned a champion with the Taiwan Series through the month of October, 2006. The winner represented Taiwan in the Konami Cup in Japan with the champions from Japan, South Korea, and an all-star team from China to determine an Asian champion in November. Participants La New Bears (#1 seed): The Bears won the number one seed by being the regular season champion for both halves of the season, thus securing the best overall record as well. This is the first time ever in the playoff for the Bears and, as the top seed, secure automatic entry into the Taiwan Series. Uni-President Lions (#2 Seed): The Lions are returning to the playoffs after missing out last year. They are the second seed based on their having the second best overall record through the whole season. They lost the Taiwan series to the Bulls in 2004. Sinon Bulls (#3 seed): The Bulls are entering the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year and are the number three seed based on having the third best overall record through the season. Sinon is the two-time defending Taiwan Series champion, and also made an appearance in the Taiwan Series in 2003. First round In the First Round of competition, the Uni-President Lions defeated the Sinon Bulls in 3 games to 0. Game 1, October 13 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City WP: Jeriome Robertson (1-0) LP: Alfredo Gonzalez(0-1) HRs: Sinon - Hsu Kuo-lung (許國隆) (1), Chang Tai-shan (張泰山) (1) (2); Uni-President - Pan Wu-hsiung (潘武雄) (1), Tilson Brito (1) Attendance: 2,430 Game 2, October 14 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City WP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (1-0) LP: Kuo Yung-chih (郭勇志) (0-1) Attendance: 4,755 Game 3, October 14 Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City WP: Hansel Izquierdo (1-0) LP: Billy Sylvester (0-1) HRs: Uni-President - Chen Chia-wei (陳家偉) (1) Attendance: 5,392 Taiwan Series The Taiwan Series was played between the La New Bears and the Uni-President Lions. Game 1 October 21 @ Kaohsiung La New Bears 4 Uni-President Lions 3 (11 innings) Winning Pitcher: Hsu Chih-hwa 許 志 華(1-0) Losing Pitcher: Tseng Yuh-cheng 曾 翊 誠(0-1) HR (Lions): Tilson Brito 布雷(2) HR (Bears): Huang Lung-yih 黃龍義 (1) Apparent Tilson Brito 布雷(Lions) two-run home run in the top of the fifth inning ruled a foul ball. Lions failed to score with