![]() ![]() That is, until Scotty gets the group into a real big pickle. Fun times are had and, aside from projectile vomiting and the face rape of Wendy Peffercorn, everything seems to go swimmingly. Luckily, local kid hero Benny “the Jet” Rodriguez takes Scotty under his wing and intros him to his teammates– a motley crew of smack talking boys obsessed with all things baseball and the neighborhood sandlot on which they play. It works right? Set in early 1960’s California, the film follows puny goofus Scotty Smalls as he awkwardly acclimates to a new town and a new dad. And the “parents” are Field of Dreams and A League of Her Own. I always think of The Sandlot as the 1993 “middle child” between Stand By Me and Now and Then. If I can’t be as active as I was when I was a kid, at least I can still eat like one? The Sandlot– a perfect movie for when it’s too hot to go outside and all you want is baseball themed junk food. Since Different Drummer is still in her 61-Days-of-100-Plus temperatures LAZY MODE, I will let Two Crumbs Up take it away, but I have simpler recipe that the great ones she suggests. Squint is an outrageous cad here, but we love every moment of his bold plan.Īnd who doesn’t love a good puke scene? AKA the fake vomit dumped from a movie balcony in Goonies or the Pie Eating contest blueberry barf-0-rama in Stand by Me. Here the voice over narration, like that in The Christmas Story, lets us see the world through the pre teen’s candid perspectives. ![]() And his dark horned rimmed glasses are all the better to see the apple of his eye, the glorious and somewhat imperious Wendy, (Marlon Shelton) the beautiful lifeguard who seems to taunt them as she slithers herself with oil from her perch far above them. Squints (Chauncy Leopardi) looks the nerd, but he doesn’t seem to care. He is such a great batter that he just lets Smalls hold his glove in the air and he hits it precisely into it.īefore long he is out each day with the crazy gang of brothers Timmy and Tommy Timmons, Michael "Squints" Palledorous, Alan "Yeah-Yeah" McClennan, Bertram Grover Weeks, pitcher Kenny DeNunez, catcher Hamilton "Ham" Porter, and of course, Benny Rodriquez.Īs the weather swelters, they even have time to head to the pool. You would think that the real cool guy, the best player, Benny “the jet” Rodriquez (Mike Vitar), would be the worst, but he’s the one who takes Smalls under his wing, or into his glove, so to speak. Just a few tries of catch with his stepdad has landed him a black eye. Scott Smalls (Tom Guiry) is shy, and the team, even though they are now one man short, sees the nerd as pathetic, which he is. And the reluctance is on both sides, too. The new nerdy kid in town doesn’t even want to try to fit in with his California digs, let alone get close to his aloof stepdad, until he becomes a reluctant member of an amateur sandlot baseball team. Laugh out loud with this minor classic that stirs up a cocktail of Goonies, Stand by Me, Breaking Away, and The Christmas Story, with a little Cujo as our cherry on the top. ![]()
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