The Sandlot (1993) Edit

A "can't hack it" panty waist...

A couple days after we all got over acting like big shots,

A full count and the tying run on base,

A giant gorilla dog thing that ate one kid already.

A high fast one, and pow,

A L 7 weenie.

A little bit farther.

A square, Benny. The kid's a square.

A true killing machine.

A werewolf can be killed only with a silver bullet...

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah! Aah!

Aah! Fire, fire, fire!

About time, Benny. My clothes are going out of style.

Actually an A minus. But it should've been a "B."

After Benny pickled The Beast, his reputation spread all over town.

After we'd all thought about it real hard,

Alan McClellan we call him Yeah Yeah

All right, Ham. This is my heater.

All right!

All right!

All right. Come on. Kenny, here.

All right. Find out when.

All right. Here we go.

All right. I knew it... all the time.

All right. See you later.

All right. Uh, yeah. I think so.

Almost.

An airborne attack. The Beast will never expect it.

And all I had was a plastic toy mitt that my grandmother gave me...

And asked me to be the man of the house,

And chain up The Beast and put him under the house...

And even although he'd been a hero before that,

And every summer, there she is,

And from then on, I didn't have any trouble...

And he became my best friend.

And he did, and he liked it a lot!

And he got eaten.

And he got me out of the biggest pickle I'd ever be in.

And he grew big, and he grew mean...

And he had kissed her long and good.

And I found out that Yeah Yeah's parents shipped him off to military school.

And I'm Babe Ruth.

And it all started with an omen.

And it finally became...

And it happened in the 1932 World Series.

And knock on the door and ask Mr. Mertle if he can get it for us?

And look down.

And maybe just stand in the outfield somewhere and take up space.

And no one ever saw him again.

And prefabricated tree houses.

And smiled.

And so, in a few weeks, the pup grew into The Beast.

And so, The Beast sits there under that lean to,

And stay out!

And that's about where it all started.

And that's where he'll be for the rest of his life.

And the nickname stuck with him for the rest of his life.

And the pup was grateful.

And then she made me do the dishes.

And there he goes! He's stealing home! I don't believe it!

And turned the pup loose in the junkyard.

And we did the stupidest thing...

And you shouldn't let it go by.

And, guys, spread out and look for bottles and cash 'em in.

Anybody got any bright ideas?

Anyway, Scott, that's Timmy and Tommy Timmons,

Are you out of your mind? Mr. Mertle's the meanest old man that ever lived.

At the time, he and I were still getting used to each other.

Aw, crap! I almost forgot!

Aw, Squints was pervin' a dish.

Aw.

Babe

Babe Ruth raised his arm and pointed to the center field bleachers.

Babe Ruth signed that ball. He was...

Babe Ruth was like the Hercules of baseball, and The Beast's name ended up being Hercules.

Babe Ruth!

Babe Ruth! But why would you trade?

Babe Ruth?

Back off!

Back to a place called Mertle's Acres.

Baseball was life.

Baseball was life.

Batter up!

Be like that.

Be there, buffalo butt breath.

Became a neighborhood legend.

Because every time we stopped to watch the sky on those nights like regular kids,

Because if any one of them had come up to any one of us, we'd have just peed our pants.

Because Mr. Mertle asked the cops how long...

Because when I looked down in there,

Because when they went over, they vanished.

Before any of us could even pick up a baseball.

Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez!

Benny and me were connected, connected for the one moment later that summer...

Benny felt like that all the time.

Benny would've played ball all day, all night, rain,

Benny, wait!

Benny, wait.

Benny! Benny, help me, please! He's hurt!

Bertram Grover Weeks,

Bertram, well Bertram got really into the '60s,

Besides, you need it more than I do.

Blech!

But after a while, the cops started getting phone calls from people...

But I gotta get this done, okay?

But I wouldn't be surprised to see some fireworks here.

But I'm not good at anything, Mom.

But it didn't.

But legends never die.

But legends never die.

But my glove it's busted.

But none of them ever came close to that first one.

But of all the things we ever did besides baseball,

But The Babe was calling his shot.

But the day we all got back together for some baseball...

But there was no way I could let them know.

But they became multimillionaires...

But we all know what really happened.

But we were all amazed by it.

But when I did, the sandlot was still there.

But when I finally got up enough guts to go out there and try and make friends,

But you're really him.

Bye. See you tomorrow.

Called shot by the Babe.

Camp out.

Can't you spare half an hour and show him now?

Cannonball!

Chaw! I was saving it for a good time.

Climb trees, hop fences.

Close catapult.

Come on in.

Come on, Benny, hit a homer!

Come on, Benny, man. He ain't game.

Come on, Benny, man. The kid is...

Come on, Benny. Why'd you do that?

Come on, DeNunez.

Come on, guys. Help me!

Come on, Smalls.

Come on, Squints! You can do it! Pull through, bud!

Come on, Squints.

Come on!

Come on!

Come on!

Come on! Come on! Come on!

Come on! Throw it!

Come on! We'll take you on right here, right now!

Come on.

Come on. I can't lift it.

Come on. I want some.

Come on. Let's go.

Come on. Maybe two or three guys in history...

Come on. Open it up! Hurry up, hurry up!

Come on. Show me your stuff.

Come on. Throw it in.

Come on. Yeah, come on!

Come on. You think she'd go out with me?

Come over at 9:00.

Count on it, pee drinking crap face!

Deal!

Did you see that hand?

Didn't we get the ball back? Just shut up!

Dodger dog! A weenie!

Does anyone see him?

Don't be a goofus. Don't be a goofus! Don't be a goofus!

Don't go pee in your pants. I'm just here to give you a hand.

Don't miss it!

Dreaming of the time he can chase and kill again.

Dreaming of the time when he can break the chain and get out,

Drop catapult.

Even before we became friends,

Even for a million dollars had the guts to put the move on the lifeguard.

Even my own mom, a grown up girl,

Even though none of us had ever seen a Playboy magazine,

Even when some brave kid...

Ever busted the guts out of a ball.

Everybody gets one chance to do something great.

Everybody move back. Move back. Roll him over.

Ewww.

Except for Rodriguez, you're all an insult to the game.

Eye on the ball, okay? Got it?

Face it, I'm just an egghead.

Falling out of the sky and hammering me into the ground...

Farther.

Figure it out.

Fine, fine, fine!

Firing two now!

First you take the graham.

Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong.

Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong.

For my birthday when I was six.

Forever.

Forever.

Forever. Forever.

Forever. Forever.

Forever. Forever. Forever. Forever.

Forget about that stuff, kid. We ain't got much time.

Forward.

From then on, he was known as Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez.

Game's over, man. We'll just get another ball tomorrow.

George Herman Ruth? Yeah.

George? I sure did. And he knew me.

Get into trouble, for crying out loud.

Get off! Guys, I gotta get the ball!

Give him a basketball. Maybe then he'll hit it.

Giving us just enough light for a game.

Go now. And heaven help you.

Go to that fence... real slow, and be quiet.

Go! Go! Go!

Go.

Go.

Going to the pool was what he tolerated best.

Good idea.

Good job!

Got him this new pup from the dog pound.

Gotta watch out for that curve.

Great.

Ha! You got it. Haul it up.

Had gone over that fence and not one of them was ever seen again,

Ham, you idiot. Now we can't play no more.

Hamilton "The Babe" Porter.

Hamilton Porter became a professional wrestler.

Has he ever told you about that ball?

He ate them bone and all.

He did. He had kissed a woman,

He fed him whole sides of beef...

He got eaten.

He owns his own business now, and he coaches a little league team...

He was almost as great a hitter as I was.

He was still plenty mad about me having swiped...

He was there to call us back.

He's almost there.

He's hit the dirt! He's safe! Safe!

He's never gonna catch the ball anyway. Let's just play.

He's stealing home, and they don't see him! The pitch!

He's the one who made The Beast eat that kid.

Hello?

Hercules?

Here it comes. I dare you.

Here?

Here?

Here.

Here. Sorry. Sorry.

Heroes get remembered,

Hey, batter, batter, batter!

Hey, forget about it, man. Let's get another ball.

Hey, girls.

Hey, guys, it's all on me tonight.

Hey, guys, sorry I'm late.

Hey, hey, hey! Kids!

Hey, hey, hey.

Hey, hey. You think too much.

Hey, I got it!

Hey, is that your sister out there in left field, naked?

Hey, Smalls. Smalls.

Hey, uh, Smalls, third base is that way.

Hey! Hey!

Hey.

Hi.

His Babe Ruth autographed ball and ruining it.

His mom's never gonna know the difference.

Hit me with the heater.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Holy crap, you could've been killed.

Honey, are you feeling all right? You look kind of pale.

Honey, I want you to make some friends this summer. Lots of them.

Honey, you'll always be just an egghead with an attitude like that.

How do I catch it?

How long could it take?

How many mothers do you know who say something like that to their sons?

How'd he get out?

I I don't think so. No, no, no, he hasn't at all.

I I mean Bill.

I bet you get straight A's and shit, huh?

I blame myself.

I can't take this no more!

I can't.

I collected every piece of erector set I had,

I didn't know what that meant,

I didn't see a single solitary one.

I don't I don't know anything about it.

I don't believe it! The Jet stole home! The Jet stole home!

I don't believe it.

I don't believe this.

I don't feel so good.

I don't know how.

I don't know. But that's the deep end, and Squints can't swim.

I don't see him.

I don't think we could take this ball.

I don't want you sitting around in here all summer fiddling with this stuff...

I got an extra one.

I got it, guys! I got it! I got the ball, guys!

I got it. Right here, guys.

I got the ball. I got it.

I had a dream that night about a giant baseball...

I had no idea who they were talking about.

I had to knock a priceless chunk of history into the clutches of a monster.

I have to do this.

I haven't had anything yet, so how can I have some more of nothing?

I helped a guy once.

I kept in touch with those guys over the years,

I knew it was true.

I know you're smart, and I'm proud of you.

I mean, could you, like you said, teach me to play catch?

I mean, Dad, uh, can we

I mean, if you were having fun, you would've caught that ball.

I mean, uh, Dad's baseball.

I moved to the neighborhood two weeks before school let out.

I never would've made a single friend that summer,

I remember you. Oh, sexy.

I said I would, and I will, but I'm under the gun here.

I said shut up!

I said you shouldn't even be allowed to touch a baseball.

I stole it from his trophy room.

I take it back. You're not in trouble. You're dead where you stand.

I thought you said, "the Great Bambi."

I told you so, man.

I told you, Benny.

I took it without asking.

I want you to get out into the fresh air and make some friends.

I was dead meat.

I was from another state, and I didn't have a single friend in a thousand miles.

I'd followed them to the sandlot once after school.

I'd never seen any place like it.

I'd shave his butt and tell him to walk backwards.

I'll be back in a little while.

I'll be back in an hour. I'm gonna take your dad to the airport.

I'll show you some more tomorrow, okay?

I'll take care of it.

I'll tell you what.

I'll trade ya.

I'm baking like a toasted cheeser! It's so hot here!

I'm gonna hit you!

I'm gonna play some ball. We need an extra guy. You wanna go?

I'm just trying to have a little friendly conversation.

I'm sweating like a pig.

I'm talking about

I'm telling you guys, we should've just turned it loose.

I'm the Great Bambino.

I'm the Great Bambino.

I've got a lot of things on my mind.

I've swum here every summer of my adult life.

If it wasn't for Benny,

If the ball moves, move your glove. Got it?

In fact, we beat the crap out of those guys.

Initiate retrieval suction number one.

Initiate retrieval suction.

Initiate retrieval suction.

Initiate retrieval suction. Initiate retrieval suction.

Initiating retrieval suction number one now!

Instead of the rest of my life.

Is that a fact? Sit down, kid.

It all started about, mmm, 20 years ago,

It becomes the property of The Beast...

It had been a solid victory.

It is the clutch situation of the season.

It just went on forever. Every day they picked up where they left off the day before.

It just went to bed.

It should've started off with loads of great things happening for me,

It was a lousy way to end up the fifth grade,

It was a present or something. Somebody gave it to him.

It was in the greatest summer of my life...

It was like their own little baseball kingdom or something.

It was my fault.

It was my last chance.

It was my stepdad's.

It was salt in an open wound.

It was the greatest place I'd ever seen anyway.

It was the same summer that Dodger Maury Wills would break the stolen bases record.

It was weird that Benny said...

It'll still be black, but it won't swell.

It's 150 degrees out there. You can't play baseball.

It's a matter of life and death.

It's all right. All right.

It's easy when you play with a bunch of rejects and a fat kid, Rodriguez.

It's gone, man. Gone.

It's gonna be a short game, and I gotta get home for lunch.

It's like committing suicide, Benny. Don't do it.

It's not an option, Smalls. Forget about it!

It's okay.

It's okay.

It's only 12:00, and I just ruined the whole day for us.

It's plug. Wad. Chewing tobacco.

It's true.

Jeez, Smalls. I suppose you don't even know who The Babe is either.

Just calling him Dad all the time.

Just keep that on for, like, an hour.

Just let go. It's that easy.

Just stand there and stick your glove out in the air.

Kenny DeNunez and Hamilton Porter.

Kind of messy, but good. Try some.

Launch.

Legends never die, kid.

Legends never die, kid.

Let him down right overit.

Let me down right over it.

Let me down slow.

Let me tell you something, kid.

Let's go!

Let's go! Come on!

Let's go.

Let's just look out the window.

Like a railroad spike.

Like you did last summer and the one before.

Listen, Scott.

Listen. Ready?

Little pervert!

Look out!

Look out! Aah!

Look out! Sandlot, sandlot, sandlot!

Lotioning, oiling, oiling, lotioning.

Lou Gehrig!

Low and outside. Just like I like it.

Man, this is baseball. You gotta stop thinking.

Man!

Maybe someday he'll give it to you.

Maybe the shock of his first homer was just too much for him.

Meant something amazing was gonna happen.

Michael "Squints" Palledorous walked a little taller that day.

Mike "Squints" Palledorous,

Mom, guess what?

Mom, I'm gonna go play some ball!

Mommy, Mommy, look. A doggy!

Most people never take the chance, either 'cause they're too scared...

Mostly through junior high school and every summer was great.

Moving forward.

My grandpa, Squidman Palledorous,

My life... was over.

My life's over.

My mom had married Bill about a year before we moved to the Valley.

My real dad died when I was just a little kid.

Neat.

Never mind! Never mind!

Nice and hard. Press it against Yeah.

Night, hon.

Nine tickets, please.

No matter whether you're in the field or at bat, eye on the ball, okay?

No one believed it, because nobody had ever done it before.

No, I got a "B" once.

No, no, you want a s'more?

No, you didn't. That's the most amazing thing I ever saw.

No, you don't understand! That wasn't my ball!

No!

No!

No.

No. Then it ain't okay, 'cause now we can't play no more.

No. None of that's true.

Nobody ever has. Nobody ever will.

None of us could figure out what that meant,

Noon. At our field.

Not again.

Not another one among us would've ever in a million years...

Not anymore. Wear my old hat.

Not one. Some people say they all got away.

Not too much, but some. You have my permission.

Now I just figured it meant my life was over.

Now pinch running for the Los Angeles Dodgers,

Now quiet.

Now wait a minute.

Now we've got a whole team. We're wasting time. Let's go to the sandlot.

Now, how come he don't get to be?

Now, the key to this game is keeping your eye on the ball.

Nuh uh.

Obviously, we're dealing with a superior intelligence.

Of course I did. I been planning it for years.

Of course, we all know why.

Oh, damn!

Oh, God, he looks like a dead fish.

Oh, great.

Oh, hi, honey. What are you doing in here?

Oh, man, that was great. That went clear over.

Oh, man!

Oh, man.

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God! You mean that's the same guy?

Oh, my. Oh, man.

Oh, no!

Oh, no! Aah!

Oh, no! Aah!

Oh, okay.

Oh, okay. Sorry. I I will.

Oh, that feels better.

Oh, Wendy Peffercorn, my darling lover girl.

Oh, yeah?

Oh, yeah. Hey, Smalls.

Oh, yeah. You know, it was the only one I had.

Oh!

Oh! I told you, Benny. We told you.

Oh.

Ohh!

Ohh.

Oiling.

Okay, go with me on the launch. Come on, Squints.

Okay, I got it. Get me outta here.

Okay, I'll get it! Get it.

Okay, I'm ready.

Okay, okay, but I'm I'm

Okay, we're ready.

Okay, we're ready.

Okay, you're on the ground.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay. All right.

Okay. Be a good boy.

Okay. Got it.

Okay. I'll get my glove.

Okay. Quiet, you guys.

Okay. Right.

Okay. Scotty, keep your eye on the ball.

Okay. Um, where exactly is that?

Okay. Wait. I'll get my stuff.

Okay. Well, chuck it like you would throw a paper.

Okay. You just need a bigger glove. Throw it back to me this time.

On business for a week.

On the next pitch, the Great Bambino hit a towering 400 foot home run.

One kid did, but nobody ever seen him again.

One, two, three.

Only one kid in history had ever attempted...

Ooh, a big doggy.

Opening.

Or a silver knife or a stick...

Or they don't recognize it when it spits on their shoes.

Out of town. But he could be back anytime.

Ow! Oh, my eye!

Ow! Ow! Oh!

P.F. Flyers.

People say he was less than a god but more than a man.

Pitchers hate that.

Play ball!

Please catch it.

Please catch it.

Power connected.

Prepare to launch. Launching.

Pull him up.

Pull it back! Aah!

Pull it up.

Put it down. Careful, careful.

Quiet! Are you trying to wake it up?

Remember when you busted the guts out of the ball the other day?

Remember, kid, there's heroes and there's legends.

Reporting all the missing thieves,

Right over at Squints...

Right. And now I get to rotate eight positions instead of seven.

Rotten and low... and cool.

Run around, sc**** your knees, get dirty.

Run!

Ruth, Baby Ruth.

Safe! Safe! Safe!

Sandlot! Let's go!

Scam pool honeys!

Science against nature.

Scotty, have you made any friends yet?

See you later, Ham. 8:00 tomorrow.

See, man? That's why you can't go over there.

See? I told you.

She don't know what she's doing.

She don't know what she's doing.

She knows exactly what she's doing.

Shh!

Shh!

Shh! Shh!

Shh.

Shine, tidal wave, whatever.

Shoes guaranteed to make a kid run faster and jump higher,

Sit down.

Smalls

Smalls, Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball player that ever lived.

Smalls, listen to me.

Smalls, you mean to tell me that you went home and swiped a ball...

Smalls, you take left center, okay?

Smalls? Smalls.

Smalls.

So even though I didn't know how to play, I figured I could be the ninth man...

So I didn't feel too bad when he grounded me for a week...

So Mr. Mertle, the guy that used to own the place,

So that he could protect the junkyard with only one thing on his mind:

So the police said he had to be retired.

So the strike zone almost disappeared.

So things started primitively.

So we all went to celebrate.

So we quit messing around and pulled out all the stops.

So we were worried real worried

So what are we gonna do?

So with something that incredible going on,

So's this one, with the rest of the 1927 Yankees.

Somebody help him! Come on!

Someone's telling you something, kid. If I was you, I'd listen.

Something got the ball.

Sorry.

Sorry.

Squints grew up and married Wendy Peffercorn.

Squints!

Squints! Come on, man.

Stays there.

Stick your head out that window...

Stop!

Stop.

Stupid idiot!

Sure, we do. You feel bad 'cause you belted a homer. Now we can't play no more.

Take him out!

Thanks for bringing him home.

Thanks for taking me here, but I think I'd better go.

Thanks, Benny!

Thanks, Benny. Great. 8:00.

Thanks!

Thanks.

That anybody ever got the best of old Hercules.

That ball you just aced to The Beast is worth,

That his sons play on called the Heaters.

That night I learned that more than 150 baseballs...

That one's all chewed up.

That's left. I said left center.

That's nice of you, but that ball really is signed by Babe Ruth.

That's one.

That's pretty much how he became a legend.

That's the way I played 100 % all the time.

That's where he's been for 20 years.

The Beast ate them.

The Beast was the most perfect junkyard dog that ever lived.

The Beast was too good at his guard dog job,

The Beast.

The Beast.

The best!

The Great Bambino!

The greatest baseball player who ever lived.

The Jet's got a suicide lead and

The legend of The Beast goes back a long time...

The ones The Beast had killed.

The Sultan of Swat. The King of Crash.

The Titan of Terror?

The whole sky would brighten up with fireworks,

There he is!

There was only eight of them, so they didn't have a whole team.

There was only one night game a year.

There's a beast back there.

There's one.

They bought Vincent's Drugstore, and they still own it to this day.

They have nine kids.

They never even really stopped playing the game.

They never found a single body.

They said until forever.

They say The Jet's lost a step or two,

They started out small, designing playground equipment...

Things worked out between me and him.

Think about that, kid. I'll see you later.

Thirty years later, a kid named Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez...

This is bad.

This is baseball, not tennis.

This is your big chance,

This pop isn't working, Benny.

This way! Sandlot! Shortcut, you guys! Let's go!

Three strikes, three pitches.

Three summers of this. I think he finally snapped.

Throw it back.

Throw it to third!

Throw that hat in there, man.

Timmy and Tommy became an architect and a contractor.

To kill everyone that broke in.

Tomorrow.

Uh, couldn't you take a break and teach him now?

Uh, in doggy years.

Uh, just looking at Bill's

Uh, no. Uh, not really.

Uh, see? Now I can't go. Thanks, though.

Um Uh, here.

Um, bring a T shirt and jeans tomorrow, okay?

Um, uh, well, uh We, uh

Um, we we we brought your dog home.

Um, y yeah.

Under the lights of some great stadium.

Vote then. Anybody who wants to be...

W well, could you teach me?

W What was that thing?

Wait a sec. I'll get it. 1932 called shot World Series by The Babe.

Wait.

Was police chiefback then.

Was the day I got us into the biggest pickle of all time,

Way to go, school meat! I taught him everything.

We all lived together in the neighborhood for a couple of more years

We all went because

We are waiting!

We figured going to the pool was the next best thing to being there.

We got banned from the pool forever that day.

We got the ball back.

We gotta get it back. He's gonna kill me!

We gotta get to the sandlot. Let's go.

We had absolutely no idea what the hell we were gonna do.

We had to tip our hats to him.

We have to get that ball back.

We need 98 cents. We gotta buy us a ball.

We need total surprise.

We never replaced him on the team with anyone else.

We play on a real diamond, Porter.

We played our best then because, I guess, we all felt like the big leaguers...

We swore off the hard stuff forever and just stuck to Bazooka.

We were all walking on air that night.

We wouldn't have blamed her. What he'd done was sneaky,

We'll talk about this baseball.

We're connecting power now.

We're gonna get it. I know it.

We're gonna kick their butts tomorrow.

We're wasting time, Benny.

We've been going about this all wrong.

Well, because Wendy Peffercorn was the lifeguard.

Well, first time...

Well, more than your whole life.

Well, none mothers, I guess.

Well?

Well?

Wendy Peffercorn. Mmm.

Went over a fence and you can't get it back, right?

What are you laughing at, Yeah Yeah? You run like a duck.

What do you mean, that wasn't your ball?

What happened was, we hit a baseball into your yard. We tried to get it back.

What is that?

What kind?

What the hell is that noise?

What the hell's he doing?

What, you got 98 extra cents lying around, Smalls?

What?

What?

What?

What?

What?

What? I don't know. Some lady gave it to him.

Whatever goes over that fence...

When he taught me to play baseball,

When I'd get us all into the biggest pickle...

When one guy would move away,

When the 'mallow's flaming,

When they invented mini malls.

When thieves kept stealing junk from Mertle's Acres junkyard.

When your arm gets here, just let go.

Where did your old man get that ball?