The Sandlot (1993)

Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball. The neighborhood baseball guru Rodriquez takes Smalls under his wing, and soon he's part of the local baseball buddies. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, the desirous lifeguard at the local pool, the snooty rival ball team, and the travelling fair. Beyond the fence at the back of the sandlot menaces a legendary ball-eating dog called The Beast, and the kids inevitably must deal with him.

Keywords: 1960s, baseball, baseball-breaks-open, baseball-fan, baseball-glove, beast, black-eye, blind-man, boy, boy-with-glasses

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Benny Rodriguez: Anyone who wants to be a can't-hack-it pantywaist who wears their mama's bra, raise your hand.

Benny Rodriguez: Man, this is baseball. You gotta stop thinking. Just have fun. I mean, if you were having fun you would've caught that ball. You ever have a paper route?::Smalls: I helped a guy once.::Benny Rodriguez: Okay, well chuck it like you throw paper. When your arm gets here, just let go. Just let go, it's that easy. [starts to jog away]::Smalls: How do I catch it.::Benny Rodriguez: Just stand out there and stick your glove out in the air. I'll take care of it.

Mom: Honey, I want you to make some friends this summer, lots of them.::Smalls: Yeah, I know. But I'm not good at anything, mom. Face it, I'm just an egghead.

Smalls: You were all leaving, so I thought I'd hop the...::Squints: If you'da been thinkin you wouldn't 'a thought that.

Squints: It's about time Benny, my clothes are goin' outa style.::Yeah Yeah: They already are, Squints.::Squints: Shut up.

"The Babe": Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die, follow your heart kid, and you'll never go wrong.

Benny Rodriguez: [about Smalls' hat] Got a fireplace?::Scotty Smalls: Yeah.::Benny Rodriguez: Throw that in there, man.

"The Babe": Let me tell you something kid; Everybody gets one chance to do something great. Most people never take the chance, either because they're too scared, or they don't recognize it when it spits on their shoes.

Mr. Mertle: [Smalls has lost a baseball signed by Babe Ruth] I take it back. You're not in trouble, you're dead where you stand.

Ham Porter: Hey, Smalls, you wanna s'more?::Smalls: Some more of what?::Ham Porter: No, do you wanna s'more?::Smalls: I haven't had anything yet, so how can I have some more of nothing?::Ham Porter: You're killing me Smalls! These are s'more's stuff! Ok, pay attention. First you take the graham, you stick the chocolate on the graham. Then you roast the 'mallow. When the 'mallows flaming... you stick it on the chocolate. Then cover with the other end. Then you scarf. Kind of messy, but good! Try some!