The dispute over renovations to the Hsinchu Baseball Stadium has turned into a political tug-of-war — bad news for baseball fans hoping to watch professional games and for both politicians involved.

• Chuang Ching-cheng, the Democratic Progressive Party's candidate for Hsinchu mayor, accused the city government of suing the contractor but losing the case, and of spending more than NT$100 million extra after the city's own excavation work absolved the contractor of liability.
• The Hsinchu City Government rebutted that the claims severely deviate from the facts, stressing that its litigation against the turnkey contractor Juchia Construction is still ongoing and has not been lost.
• The city government said it has included all repair costs, such as artificial turf and earthwork, in its claim, suing Juchia for more than NT$400 million in damages, and will by no means release the contractor from liability.
• The Chuang camp, meanwhile, cited a Control Yuan corrective report, pointing to delays in remedying performance defects and inadequate oversight during Kao Hung-an's tenure, as well as large-scale excavation that damaged the stadium's existing condition and brought repairs to a standstill.
• With each side telling its own version, the focus returns to the same question: when exactly will professional baseball be able to be played at the stadium?

Outlook: As the mayoral race heats up, the baseball stadium dispute will only continue to be used by both sides as a bargaining chip in their political sparring for the near future, and fans still have no timetable for a restart.