The Sandlot

The Sandlot or The Sandlot Kids was a 1993 film about young baseball players. The film was directed by David Evans and included an appearence from Denis Leary.

Plot Synopsis

The film is a flashback to the early 1960's when Scotty Smalls moves to a small town in the American Southwest. Scotty is a nerd and the move gave him very little time to make friends before summer. He happens to follow some of the neighbour kids after school one day and sees them playing baseball. Scotty watches from a distance and is embarassed when his attempt to throw the ball back to them was horrible. All the kids consider him a loser except for Benny Rodriguez. Benny asks Scotty to play with the team so they can have a full roster of nine players. Through some practise and tips from Benny, Scotty becomes an integral part of the team.

Related Topics:
Flashback - Nerd

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Meanwhile, the team has to avoid hitting homeruns in the sandlot because "The Beast", a huge killer dog, lives on the other side of the fence and it would be considered suicidal to attempt to retrieve the ball. One day, Benny hits the "guts" out of the ball, and the boys believe they can't play for the rest of the day because they don't have a ball. Scotty indicates he has a ball at home but is actually referring to his stepdad's Babe Ruth autographed ball. Scotty is entirely unaware of the Babe's fame and how priceless the ball is. The boys don't notice the signature and continue to play. Scotty himself hits a homerun over the fence and realizes how he shouldn't have stolen his stepdad's ball. The situation becomes far worse when the other boys indicate how priceless the ball is. The boys must figure out a way to get the ball back from the beast without risking their lives leading to a wild array of ideas.

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The film centers around themes such as friendship, baseball, heroism, and responsibility.

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