i was one that one kid, that's willie stargill. "we are family." et cetera one of the best players in baseball. on and on and on. i couldn't give you more praises than you could imagine. when i saw him, it was like, wow. >> you got to meet pops. were you living like a rock star at that point at 10 or 11 years old. >> yes. >> that's how you felt. you know, we had -- we had derrick bell. we had tiny roan griffin, my cousin derrick pedro, maurice krum, all of these guys that i didn't realize then was going to make some kind of impact in life later on. when i saw the talent that we had, i knew we had something special. but you don't really appreciate it until later on life. >> sheffield and the tampa team stormed into the championship game against taiwan. the taiwanese club was too strong but not without controversy. >> when you met the kids from taiwan, did you want to check their birth certificates? >> that's what we said. when we first got there, all of the attention went to the taiwani. and the reason was is that they was hitting balls on top of th

and i was that one kid, the eyes wide open and it's like, man, that's willie stargil, you know, he'ss one of the best players in baseball. and on and on and on. i couldn't give him more praises than you can imagine, and when i saw him, it was like, wow. >> reporter: you got to pete pops were you are living like a rockstar at 10, 11 years old? >> yes, that's how you felt. we had derrek bell, tyrone griffin, my cousin derrek pedro, maurice all of these guys that i didn't realize then that we were going for make some kind of impact in life later on. and when i saw the talent that we had, i knew that we had something special. but you don't really appreciate it until later on in life. >> reporter: sheffield and the tampa team stormed in to the championship game against taiwan. the taiwan club was just too big and strong, as they suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 loss but not without controversy. >> i when you met the kids from taiwan, they were so tall, so business, doesn't to check their birth certificates? >> that's exactly what we said. we -- when we first got there, all of the attention we