The people there may have a celebration for their hometown hero.

But still the Jewish people hunger for a hometown hero to call their own.

He was a team leader, a straight arrow, a hometown hero.

Others, however, were more skeptical of the hometown hero's chances.

But the game did not begin auspiciously for the hometown heroes.

Sure, it's good to have a manager who is a proven winner and a hometown hero.

With the hometown hero, the littlest things were always bigger.

"He was our hometown hero when it came to racing," Foster said.

This was done to attract interest from local fans so they would want to come out and cheer for their hometown heroes.

"It's one thing to be a hometown hero," Clark said.