the sandlot
the film is told through the perspective of scotty smalls, who is reminiscing on his first summer in los angeles.
in 1962,
scotty smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad,
and wants to learn to play baseball.
smalls struggles to make friends beccause of his awkward
shyness but decides to try to join a group of boys who are playing baseball on a vacant lot they call the sandlot...
the neighborhood baseball guru Rodriquez takes Smalls under his wing, and soon he's part of the local baseball buddies.
they fall into all sorts of adventures and trouble involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, the snooty rival ball team, and the travelling fair,
the desirous lifeguard at the local pool,
the best scene in this movie this one...
when michael "squints" decides to fake drowning
in order to get wendy the lifeguard to give him mouth to mouth...
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.
when they do they meet james earl jones, who just seems to belong in a baseball movie,
and some of their questions are answered about
"the beast"...
this movie is so much fun for summer...
it just reminds you of what it's like to be a kid in the summer...
one of the things i miss most about having young kids is seeing movies like this in the theater...
we went to them all the time...
if you want to watch something fun, give this a try...
it is hilarious...
since we are talking a little baseball here is a
look at my nephew
wil "dawg" thomas
he is on the little all stars team and they are in the finals tonight...
good luck guys!
sandlot...
bye...
more later...
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