Benny has a dream in which the spirit of Babe Ruth advises him to retrieve the ball himself, and that this will be the moment that makes him a legend.īenny goes over the fence and " pickles" the Beast to retrieve the ball, but the dog breaks its chain and leaps over the fence in pursuit. When the other boys learn of the autograph, they tell Smalls its value and make several attempts to get the ball out of the yard using makeshift retrieval devices, but each is destroyed by the Beast. Being ignorant of baseball history, Smalls does not realize the ball's value, and hits his first home run, sending it into the Beast's yard. With Bill away on business, Smalls borrows a baseball from his trophy room that is autographed by legendary player Babe Ruth. One day, Benny hits the team's only baseball so hard that he knocks the cover off. To celebrate, they visit a fair where they try chewing tobacco obtained by Bertram Grover Weeks and ride the Trabant the combination causes them to vomit all over themselves and others. Later, they are challenged to play against a rival Little League team whom they handily defeat. On the Fourth of July the team plays a night game by the light of the fireworks, and Smalls observes that although to the rest of them baseball is just a game, it is Benny's true passion. The sandlot team is banned from the pool, but Squints' reputation is boosted. Michael "Squints" Palledorous has a crush on lifeguard Wendy Peffercorn, and fakes drowning in order to get her to administer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. One particularly hot day, the boys visit the community pool. Many baseballs hit into the yard over the years have all been claimed by the Beast, which is kept chained up by its owner, Mr. When catcher Hamilton "Ham" Porter hits a home run into an adjacent backyard, Smalls attempts to retrieve the ball but is stopped by the other boys, who tell him of "the Beast", a large and aggressive English Mastiff that has become a neighborhood legend. Nevertheless, he is invited to join the team by their leader and best player, Benny Rodriguez, who mentors him. An attempt to learn to play catch with his stepfather, Bill, results in a black eye. He tries to join a group of boys who play baseball daily in a local sandlot, but is embarrassed by his inability to catch or throw the ball. His mother is trying to have him make friends this summer. In the summer of 1962, brainy, reserved fifth grader Scott Smalls moves with his parents to the Los Angeles suburbs, where he has difficulty making friends.
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