The birth of Baseball Federation of Asia goes back to 1954 when the 2nd Asian Games was held in Manila, Philippines.The four countries of Korea, Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines organized a committee aiming at establishing the Baseball Federation of Asia and 7 May of the same year witnessed the commencement of BFA.American expatriate Charles Chick Parsons of the Philippines was elected as the first president of the Baseball Federation of Asia.At the sidelines of the FEMBA World Baseball Championship in Tokyo in 1980, the executives of BFA discussed about resuming the activity of the federation.[1] The total number of BFA members at the present time is 24 and 1 non-member observer State (Vietnam).