MT. ZION, Ill. (WAND) - Weekends at home are for chores, projects and to cater to everything needed to keep moving forward.

For Ethan Parker, his home is a plate rather than a house. Wiffle ball has become Parker's past time. Over the last decade, he's been called "the wiffle ball guy" and "Mr. Ball" thanks to his creation of the 217 ALZ Backyard Wiffle ball Classic.

"The only way you can play baseball around here, around your house is with a plastic bat and ball," Parker said. "It was literally just a dream and it might have been my dream to start off, but it was the community that really took it way farther than the fences of this yard."

Ten years ago, he was just a 12-year-old kid who wanted a wiffle ball tournament in his backyard. His mom and uncle supported the idea on the conditi

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