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Rocklin's Tri City Little League All-Stars were one win away from punching their tickets to Williamsport, Penn., for the tournament after making it to the West Regional Championship Game in San Bernadino.
While there was a large cheering section for the team in Southern California, one of their biggest fans was watching from home in Rocklin.
"This was a huge thing for Rocklin. We got a lot of love from all the high schools, all the colleges, the fire department, the police department, the mayor, eveyrone joined in," Tri City Little League coach Dave Ueltzen said. "All the community was watching on big screen TVs."
One of those fans tuning in from home was 94-year-old Harold Peters. Fifty years ago, Peters helped build the baseball field in Rocklin the Tri City All-Stars play on today.
"Oh yeah, I played, but I didn't play like they did," Peters said when asked if watching the boys play took him back to his own playing days as a kid.
Rocklin's Little League team didn't make it all the way to the World Series in Williamsport, but being able to watch the 12 year olds compete on national television during the West Regionals was a dream come true for Harold and his son, Dan.
"Some of the comments that he made to me were that he never thought that he'd ever live long enough to see Tri City," Dan said as he fought back tears. "You guys may not have made it to the World Series, but, to us, it was the World Series. Championship game? He never thought that he would. I never thought I would. So it meant everything."
With a huge support system within the community, this Little League team's run ended up being bigger than baseball and the impact of what they were able to achieve is not lost on these players.
"It's amazing. It's just cool to get to know you're doing someone else's dream," pitcher Aiden Frost said.
With enough championship banners to stretch from first to third base, the field that Peters built is home to one of the best Little League Baseball teams on the West Coast. While they fell short of a Regional championship, they're still All-Stars in the eyes of their fans here at home.
When Peters, who turns 95 in September, was asked if he thinks Rocklin's Tri City Little League will make it back to the Little League World Series next year he said: "Maybe. If they're still alive."
The Little League Baseball World Series continues on ABC10 this weekend with the International and U.S. Championship games airing on Saturday and the LLBWS championship game airing on Sunday at noon.