“They beat how many teams to be here? They're one of the 16 [Little League teams ] left [in the world], so just to be here, they can look on that the rest of their lives.”
“...You work that hard to get up here, and you think, one pitch and it could be all over for your son. Guys would die to be up here with their son. I get to be here with him, and he gets in the first game, and might not be able to play anymore....”
“I'm not surprised that they touched people. What really gets you is how many people they touched. People just took to this team. There was something about the way they played the game that just shone through.”
