Quote: Hometown Little Leaguers Enjoy Loud Crowds

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The Mid-Atlantic team dances with the mascot, Dugout, as fans fill the hillside and stands at Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa.

“I’m not really nervous anymore, because I’ve done this about a million times now. I just have to go in there and stay focused and stay confident.”

— TYLER MCCLOSKEY, a 13-year-old pitcher for the Keystone, Pa., Little League team after another win in front of over 32,000 boisterous hometown fans at the Little League World Series, an event always played just 30 miles from Keystone in South Williamsport, Pa. (via Sports Illustrated)