If you walk past the clubhouse at the Babe Ruth complex on O’Callaghan Way, you can see a sign bearing the names of the players and personnel who helped bring a Babe Ruth national title to Lynn in 1983.The sign appeared this spring, on April 26, Opening Day of the Babe Ruth season, honoring the quarter-century anniversary of that championship team. The team manager, Gene Tetrault, and coach, Pat Lussiano, appeared for the game, as did three former players, Barry Eagar, Richard Fucci, and Mark Giardina.Twenty-five years ago this week, the Lynn All-Stars won the Babe Ruth World Series in Niles, Michigan. This remains the signature achievement for a program that was founded in 1960 and began playing in 1961.”I was not expecting them to keep going,” Tetrault said. “But they just kept on rolling. They were great as a team. They had charisma and chemistry. There’s so much luck involved, being in the right place at the right time. It’s just a weird game.”Weird. And, for Lynn in 1983, wonderful.The boys of summerIn the summer of ’83, Lynn fielded a team of 15 all-stars for Babe Ruth postseason play. Each player had to be 13 years old by a cutoff date. They represented the elite of all the Lynn Babe Ruth teams during the regular season. They were playing for an opportunity that had arisen three years earlier: In 1980, the Babe Ruth League had held its first-ever World Series exclusively for 13-year-old players in Jamestown, New York.In the district, state and New England rounds leading up to the World Series, Lynn distinguished itself, with one highlight a twinbill against Cambridge in Fall River for the state title. Tetrault remembered a bit of misplaced optimism on the Cambridge side.”They had a float on Route 24,” he said. “The float had to come home. We won both.”Eventually, Lynn qualified for the World Series. The team flew on Piedmont Airlines to Niles, enjoying two celebrations at nearby Notre Dame. The World Series, however, began inauspiciously, as Tennessee stunned the all-stars in Game One. With two out and none on, Tennessee collected three straight doubles to erase a 3-2 deficit and win 4-3, sending Lynn into the losers’ bracket.Lynn responded by winning five in a row for the title, in increasingly magical fashion. Heading into another losers’ bracket game, against Tennessee, pitchers Jeff Routhouska and Bill Norcross combined on a no-hitter. In its next game, played on a Friday night in 90-degree temperatures, Lynn overcame a 2-1 New Jersey lead in the bottom of the seventh, scoring two runs in that inning to prevail, 3-2.As it had done against Cambridge, Lynn would play a twinbill for a title. This time, the foe was Santa Maria, California, and the stakes would be the national championship. Adding to the drama, Santa Maria entered the game with a 15-0 playoff record.Lynn won both games, 10-5 and 14-10, to clinch a crown. In the nightcap, catcher Mark Debasitis hit two home runs, both of them over the 310-foot fence, to set a Babe Ruth World Series record that still stands (he is tied with four other players). Debasitis also holds a record for most home runs in a World Series (three, tied with two other players). The last three Lynn victories occurred in a 24-hour span.”They were a great bunch of kids,” Lussiano said. “Being with kids and showing them how to play is the greatest thing in the world. They were a good bunch of nice kids.”Looking back – and aheadThere is a bittersweet tinge to this year’s anniversary. One reason is that plans for a team get-together seem stalled at best.”We’ve talked about it,” Tetrault said. “Nobody seems to want to get it going. Nothing’s popped up yet. I’m kind of surprised nobody seems to care. Twenty-five years is a long time ago.”However, Lussiano said that Tony C’s and Gannon have been mentioned as possible locations for a gathering.Lussiano, a Lynn native who played hockey at Classical, has also had more personal difficulties this year, as he has undergone chemotherapy treatments.Desp