-When Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, the local baseball legend, Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez takes him under his wing and introduces him to his fellow baseball players. But one day, when they lose their baseball, Scotty offers to get his stepdad's ball, signed by Babe Ruth and they lose it over the fence, where it is eaten by a massive English Mastiff named Hercules
-Art LeFleur: Babe Ruth
-Tom Guiry: Scotty Smalls
-Mike Vitar: Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez
-Patrick Renna: Hamilton "Ham" Porter
-Chauncey Leopardi: Michael "Squints" Palledorous
-Marty York: Alan "Yeah Yeah" McClennan
-Brandon Quinton Adams: Kenny DeNunez
-Grant Gelt: Bertram Grover Weeks
-Shane Obedzinski: Tommy "Repeat" Timmons
-Victor DiMattia: Timmy Timmons
-Denis Leary: Bill
-Karen Allen: Mom
-James Earl Jones: Mr. Mertle
-Marley Shelton: Wendy
Did You Know?
-Real life brothers Pablo Vitar and Mike Vitar play the younger and older versions of Benny
-The director had Tom Guiry, who plays Smalls and Mike Vitar, who plays Benny, meet and rehearse together before the other kids showed up on film. That way, when the kids did show, they would believe that the two actors were good friends
-David Mickey Evans, the director, had one strong rule for Chauncey Leopardi during the public pool scene when he kissed lifeguard Wendy Peffercorn "keep your tongue in your mouth"
-A song by The Drifters is played every time Wendy Peffercorn is shown
-The chewing tobacco the kids try was made from licorice and beef jerky while the vomit was made from oatmeal, bakes beans, split pea soup and movie gel. It was shot by paint guns to make it look like it was being thrown out. Some people got nailed with it by mistake
-During a lot of the pool scenes, the weather was overcast and the water was 56 degrees. The kids shivering was for real while the rest of the days was extremely hot
-The dog Hercules was an English Mastiff
-Throughout the movie, the kids can be seen wearing either Converse Chuck Taylors or PF Flyers.
-PF Flyers gymshoes were brought back in to popularity for a while after the release of this movie
-Five members of the Sandlot team-Chauncey Leopardi, Patrick Renna, Marty York, Brandon Quinton Adams, Grant Gelt-all starred on the series Boy Meets World at different times. Art LeFleur, who plays Babe Ruth, also starred on Boy Meets World
-The hat Kenny is seen wearing is for the Kansas City Monarchs. The KC Monarchs was the first predominantly black baseball team that was active from 1920-1965
-Many of the child actors snuck into a nearby movie theatre to see the film Basic Instinct
-Marty York, who plays a character named Yeah Yeah and Grant Gelt, who plays Bertram, would later go on to lend their voices to the cartoon Hey Arnold!
-In the scene showing a grown up Benny playing for the LA Dodgers, he is seen wearing a #3 jersey. This is a reference to Babe Ruth, who wore #3 on his jersey
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