According to the CTBA commissioner, the league saw see itself as a "means to provide a steady stream of talented players for the CPBL" and aimed to work with Major League Baseball in the United States by allowing up to four foreign players and one coach on each team to enhance the level of its play.
[1] In the league's first foreign players draft, Chen Chun-hsiu was selected in the first round by Chii Lih Coral.
[2] In the inaugural season, the Topco Falcons defeated Taiwan Cooperative Bank at Tianmu Baseball Stadium to win the league's first championship.
[7] The winning streak ended in the 2019 season, when Taipei Highwealth defeated Taiwan Cooperative Bank in the championship series.
[9] In the 2023 season, four Popcorn League teams became the first to play at the Taipei Dome in a closed-door doubleheader ahead of the venue's official opening.