Wang Hsin-tai, director of guidance counseling at Pei Nan Primary School, who was in charge of the Taitung County Unified Competition, points out that before the 1989 tournament was held, there were only three or four teams left in Taitung. After the tournament began, the number increased to 28 overnight.
擔任台東縣少棒聯賽競賽管理的卑南國小訓導主任王新帶指出，七十八年聯賽未舉辦以前，台東只剩三、四支球隊；聯賽開打以後，一下子增加到廿八隊。