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The Sandlot
Episode 1540
It’s Mighty Monday, and Ryan is here to take us back to the diamond with one of our favorite films: The Sandlot.
ABOUT THE SANDLOT
In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.
AIR DATE & PLATFORM FOR THE SANDLOT
April 7, 1993 | Theatrical Release
CAST & CREW OF THE SANDLOT
- Tom Guiry as Scott “Scotty” Smalls
- Mike Vitar as Benjamin “Benny the Jet” Rodriguez
- Patrick Renna as Hamilton “Ham” Porter
- Chauncey Leopardi as Michael “Squints” Palledorous
- Marty York as Alan “Yeah-Yeah” McClennan
- Brandon Quintin Adams as Kenny “The Heater” DeNunez
- Grant Gelt as Bertram Grover Weeks
- Shane Obedzinski as Tommy “Repeat” Timmons
- Victor DiMattia as Timmy Timmons
- James Earl Jones as Mr. Mertle (and “the Beast” guardian)
- Directed & written by David Mickey Evans
BRAN’S THE SANDLOT SYNOPSIS
The movie kicks off with a narrator telling us about Babe Ruth calling his shot as an announcer gets ready to call a baseball game.
Flash back to that guy as a kid. Scotty Smalls moves to the San Fernando Valley with his mom and stepdad, Bill. He doesn’t have any friends, so he asks Bill to teach him how to play baseball. Bill puts his prized possession on the mantel—a signed Babe Ruth baseball.
The next day, Scotty runs to the nearby baseball field to see if he can make some friends. A fly ball comes right to him, and it doesn’t go well. As he fumbles for the ball, he’s terrified by this… Beast… on the other side of the fence. The kids give him a hard time for not knowing how to throw or catch. Scotty goes home, asks Bill to teach him again, and ends up with a black eye.
The next day, despite the other kids not wanting him to play, the team’s best player, Benny, says they should give him a shot because they need a full team. Benny teaches him to throw and catch, and soon Scotty starts to fit in.
One day, Ham smacks a home run into the Beast’s yard. When Smalls asks about the Beast, the boys hold a sleepover and share the legend of the terrifying dog who lives beyond the fence.
The boys become best friends and do best friend stuff—like hanging out at the pool and celebrating the Fourth of July. But at the end of the day, it all comes back to baseball.
One afternoon, Benny absolutely crushes their only ball. With Bill out of town, Smalls thinks he’s got the solution: he’ll grab the one from the mantel. What Smalls doesn’t realize is that the ball is signed by Babe Ruth. When he hits his first home run with it, he proudly tells the guys it was signed by “some girl named Ruth.” They freak out once they realize what he’s done.
The boys quickly forge Babe Ruth’s signature on a new ball as a temporary replacement while they try to get the real one back. But the Beast doesn’t make it easy.
After a dream where Babe Ruth himself tells Benny about being a legend, Benny decides to take matters into his own hands. He hops the fence. The dog—who turns out to just be a big, playful pup—chases Benny all around town. Eventually, Benny makes it back, but the Beast crashes through the fence and gets stuck. Scotty and Benny free him, and the dog gratefully licks Smalls’ face before leading them to his stash of baseballs.
The boys meet Mr. Mertle, the Beast’s owner, and are shocked to learn that he knew Babe Ruth personally. Mr. Mertle gives Smalls a ball signed by the entire 1927 Yankees in exchange f
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