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** Actually, there is a second instance of this: after the group decide to try and get the Babe Ruth Ball back from the Beast, Benny orders everyone (sans Smalls, who's asked to learn when his stepdad gets back from his trip) to locate enough bottles so that they can cash them in for the 98 cents needed to buy a replacement ball. And the reason why he didn't suggest this after busting the guts out of the first ball (which ''started'' this series of events) is because... ... ...
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** Actually, there is a second instance of this: after the group decide to try and get the Babe Ruth Ball ball back from the Beast, Benny orders everyone (sans Smalls, who's asked to learn when his stepdad gets back from his trip) to locate enough bottles so that they can cash them in for the 98 cents needed to buy a replacement ball. And the reason why he didn't suggest this after busting the guts out of the first ball (which ''started'' this series of events) is because... ... ...
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** Actually, there is a second instance of this: after the group decide to try and get the Babe Ruth Ball back from the Beast, Benny orders everyone (sans Smalls, who's asked to learn when his stepdad gets back from his trip) to locate enough bottles so that they can cash them in for the 98 cents needed to buy a replacement ball. And the reason why he didn't suggest this after busting the guts out of the first ball (which ''started'' this series of events) is because... ... ...
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* WrestlerInAllOfUs: [[spoiler: Ham grows up to be a professional wrestler, professionally known as The Great Hambino.]]
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* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: The film sidesteps mentioning Major League Baseball's history of segregation when Mr. Mertle talks about his ballplaying days. Mr. Mertle talks about knowing Babe Ruth[[hottip:*: plausible given that major leaguers and Negro Leaguers played each other in exhibition games]] and claims that he would have broken Ruth's home run record, "but...." Scotty naively fills in the blank with, "...you went blind," and Mr. Mertle [[SureLetsGoWithThat goes along with]] this explanation.
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* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: The film sidesteps mentioning Major League Baseball's history of segregation when Mr. Mertle talks about his ballplaying days. Mr. Mertle talks about knowing Babe Ruth[[hottip:*: Ruth[[note]] plausible given that major leaguers and Negro Leaguers played each other in exhibition games]] games[[/note]] and claims that he would have broken Ruth's home run record, "but...." Scotty naively fills in the blank with, "...you went blind," and Mr. Mertle [[SureLetsGoWithThat goes along with]] this explanation.
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* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Benny successfully pickles The Beast to get the ball back...which leads to the OhCrap moment above.
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* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Benny successfully pickles The Beast to get the ball back...which leads to the OhCrap moment above.above.
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** Also the team's reaction when Smalls tells them the ball he hit over the fence was signed by "Baby Ruth"
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* ShoutOut: Mr. Mertle is basically an expy of James Earl Jones' character in FieldOfDreams.
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* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: When the gang go to play baseball on the 4th of July, they hit the the ball just as the fireworks are going off. And are so mesmerized they all stop playing just to watch.
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* ''The Sandlot: Heading Home'' (2007): Featured a bit more originally as it features an arrogant professional baseball player getting knocked out and winding up back in 1976 (Four Years after the Second Move) to relive his childhood and learn ThePowerOfFriendship
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* ''The Sandlot: Heading Home'' (2007): Featured a bit more originally as it features an arrogant professional baseball player getting knocked out and winding up back in 1976 (Four Years after the Second Move) Movie) to relive his childhood and learn ThePowerOfFriendship
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* KissOfLife: Pretty much the TropeCodifier. Squints deliberately pretends to drown in order to get the kiss of life from a hot lifeguard (who is played by Marley Shelton so you can hardly blame him).
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* KissOfLife: Pretty much the TropeCodifier. Squints deliberately pretends to drown in order to get the kiss of life from a hot lifeguard (who is played by Marley Shelton MarleyShelton so you can hardly blame him).
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* CentrifugalFarce: The infamous "Tequila" scene.
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* TheFatGuy: "[[MeaningfulName Ham]]".
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* FunHatingConfiscatingAdult: ''TheSandlot'' has one. He even has an AngryGuardDog called The Beast; this ends up being a subversion as neither is really as bad as the children originally believed.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Scotty and Benny seem to be heading in this direction with Mr. Mertle at the end of the film.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Toward the beginning, Smalls suggests they go talk to The Beast's owner to have him get the ball back for them. Squints just shoots this down, and everyone else agrees. [[spoiler:The first thing Jones's character says when they tell them they were trying to get it back is to ask why they didn't just ask him. Cue everyone shouting at Squints and hitting him over the head with their baseball caps.]]
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* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: Toward the beginning, Smalls suggests they go talk to The Beast's owner to have him get the ball back for them. Squints just shoots this down, and everyone else agrees. [[spoiler:The first thing Jones's character says when they tell them they were trying to get it back is to ask why they didn't just ask him. Cue everyone shouting at Squints and hitting him over the head with their baseball caps.]]
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* HammeredIntoTheGround: Smalls mentioned having a dream about a giant baseball signed by Babe Ruth that "fell out of the sky and hammered him into the ground like a railroad spike".
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* ProductPlacement: For PF Flyers who were trying to launch a comeback based on the returnung popularity of their main competitor, the Converse All-Stars
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->"''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.''"
-->-- '''Babe Ruth'''
-->-- '''Babe Ruth'''
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* TheMagnificent: Benny "The Jet" Rodregiez.
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* WorthyOpponent: Benny is seen as such to the snobby players. "You shouldn't be allowed to touch a baseball. ''Except for Rodreguez'' you're all an insult to the game!"
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* WorthyOpponent: Benny is seen as such to the snobby players. "You shouldn't be allowed to touch a baseball. ''Except for Rodreguez'' Rodriguez,'' you're all an insult to the game!"
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* BlackAndNerdy: Q from ''Heading Home''
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* ClusterFBomb: Subverted. For most of the movie, the boys swear plenty, but when it comes time for the name-calling contest, they decide [[NotUsingTheZedWord not to use the "B" word]] and substitute it with "female dog!" Granted, that's what it ''means'', but still...
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* ClusterFBomb: Subverted. For most of the movie, the boys swear plenty, but when it comes time for the name-calling contest, they decide [[NotUsingTheZedWord [[NotUsingTheZWord not to use the "B" word]] and substitute it with "female dog!" Granted, that's what it ''means'', but still...
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-->'''Hamilton''': You play ball like a '''''girl'''''!
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* ''The Sandlot 2'' (2005): Set in the 70's and features a new cast of kids taking over the lot. Essentially a GenerationXerox of the first movie only with girls in the group and replacing the prized baseball with a model rocket.
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* ''The Sandlot 2'' (2005): Set in 1972 (Ten Years after the 70's First Movie) and features a new cast of kids taking over the lot. Essentially a GenerationXerox of the first movie only with girls in the group and replacing the prized baseball with a model rocket.
* ''The Sandlot: Heading Home'' (2007): Featured a bit more originally as it features an arrogant professional baseball player getting knocked out and winding up back in 1976 (Four Years after the Second Move) to relive his childhood and learn the PowerOfFriendship
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* TheRedBaron/IHaveManyNames: All of the boys (except Smalls at first, since he's new to baseball) idolize Babe Ruth, and they commonly just refer to him by one of Ruth's numerous nicknames (most commonly, The Bambino). In fact, only Mr. Mertle ever uses Ruth's actual first name, George.
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* TheRedBaron/IHaveManyNames: TheRedBaron[=/=]IHaveManyNames: All of the boys (except Smalls at first, since he's new to baseball) idolize Babe Ruth, and they commonly just refer to him by one of Ruth's numerous nicknames (most commonly, The Bambino). In fact, only Mr. Mertle ever uses Ruth's actual first name, George.
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* BatmanGambit: Squints deliberately jumps into the deep end of the pool, despite not swimming well, because he knows that Wendy Peffercorn, who is on lifeguard duty, will drag him out and give him mouth-to-mouth. While he may have actually passed out at first from this, he certainly was aware enough at the end to [[WoundedGazelleGambit fake being unconscious long enough to get her close enough for a kiss]].
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* CarryingACake:CarryingACake: During the ChaseScene at the end.
* FanMyopia: InUniverse, most of the boys just assume that everyone knows who Babe Ruth is and what he did, so [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep they just generally call him "The Bambino."]] This lack of clarification on Ruth and his career results in Smalls, new to the game, not realizing just how valuable his stepfather's Ruth-autographed baseball is, and thus using it to play ball (which ends up in the possession of The Beast after a homer).
* TheRedBaron/IHaveManyNames: All of the boys (except Smalls at first, since he's new to baseball) idolize Babe Ruth, and they commonly just refer to him by one of Ruth's numerous nicknames (most commonly, The Bambino). In fact, only Mr. Mertle ever uses Ruth's actual first name, George.
* ThrowingDownTheGauntlet: "You play ball like a girl!"
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: As is typical for these types of films, the end has Scott narrating what ultimately became of his friends, their images fading out one by one. At the very end, we're treated to a TimeSkip showing that [[spoiler: Scott is now a sports commentator, and Benny now plays baseball professionally...for their hometown Los Angeles Dodgers.]]
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* WorthyOpponent: Benny is seen as such to the snobby players. "You shouldn't be allowed to touch a baseball. ''Except forRodregiez'' Rodreguez'' you're all an insult to the game!"
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A 1993 classic ComingOfAgeStory, it follows the summer adventures and misadventures of a group of boys and their ragtag baseball team playing on "The Sandlot," their makeshift baseball field in Los Angeles, during the summer of 1962.
Scotty Smalls is fairly brainy but struggles with making new friends due to being uncoordinated (doesn't have any skill at sports) and general shyness. In addition to being TheNewGuy, his mom recently remarried and he isn't quite adjusted to his new step-dad. Watching a group of kids play at the sandlot, he is invited to join by their best player and team leader Benny Rodriguez. An outcast among the group at first, Benny [[BigBrotherMentor guides Scotty to become a decent ball player]] in his own right and is accepted by the others.
As the film progresses, they learn about s'mores, crushes, friendship and that growing up doesn't always mean disaster. They are also forced to match wits with "The Beast," a vicious [[ShroudedInMyth genetically altered dog who was locked up for killing some 170 people trying to steal from the junk yard]], and now lives behind the left field fence.
Basically this movie was to the kids of TheNineties what ''Film/TheGoonies'' was to the kids of TheEighties. It also follows TheHerosJourney so well it's practically the baseball version of ''StarWars''.
Two direct-to video sequels were made thirteen years after the original had came and went:
* ''The Sandlot 2'' (2005): Set in the 70's and features a new cast of kids taking over the lot. Essentially a GenerationXerox of the first movie only with girls in the group and replacing the prized baseball with a model rocket.
* ''The Sandlot: Heading Home'' (2007): Featured a bit more originally as it features an arrogant professional baseball player getting knocked out and winding up back in 1967 (five years after the orignal movie) to relive his childhood and learn the PowerOfFriendship
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!!This movie contains examples of:
* AnAesop: Tobacco is bad for you. Chewing tobacco, in this case.
* AngryGuardDog: The Beast, which has a reputation for eating trespassers. [[spoiler:He turns out to be a BigFriendlyDog.]]
* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: "Shit" is said three times by the kids throughout the movie.
* BewareOfViciousDog: [[spoiler:Not really]].
* BlindBlackGuy: Mr. Mertle.
* BrokenGlassPenalty: The Beast's owner has [[spoiler:an impressive collection of baseball memorabilia]].
* CarryingACake:
* ChaseScene: The film's climactic scene is Benny [[spoiler: outrunning the Beast all over the whole town and to the sandlot again. LITERALLY all over town!]]
* ClusterFBomb: Subverted. For most of the movie, the boys swear plenty, but when it comes time for the name-calling contest, they decide [[NotUsingTheZedWord not to use the "B" word]] and substitute it with "female dog!" Granted, that's what it ''means'', but still...
* CoolOldGuy: Mr. Mertle, The Beast's owner.
* EldritchAbomination: The kids see The Beast as one. [[spoiler: Turns out he's just a BigFriendlyDog.]]
* TheFatGuy: "[[MeaningfulName Ham]]".
* FiveManBand: Once you focus on the characters with the most lines, you get
** TheLeader: Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez. Everybody follows his lead.
** TheBigGuy: Hamilton "Ham" Porter, the biggest guy and the first to get a home run in the film.
** TheLancer: Scott Smalls. Despite being the new guy he has the closest relationship to Benny and their personalities contrast.
** TheSmartGuy: Michael "Squints" Palledouros. He's pretty good at making {{plan}}s and, of course, SmartPeopleWearGlasses.
** TheChick: Defied and justified: "You play ball like a '''girl'''!"
** TeamPet: [[spoiler: Hercules, aka, "The Beast"]]
* KissOfLife: Pretty much the TropeCodifier. Squints deliberately pretends to drown in order to get the kiss of life from a hot lifeguard (who is played by Marley Shelton so you can hardly blame him).
** And the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue reveals that [[spoiler: Squints and the lifeguard eventually got married and had a ''lot'' of kids.]]
* KnuckleCracking: Benny cracks his knuckles when he faces off with the Beast. He does it with ''one hand'', pinching his fore- and middle-fingers with his thumb.
* MadnessMantra: ''"Lotioning...oiling...lotioning...oiling..."''
* TheMagnificent: Benny "The Jet" Rodregiez.
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Mr. Mertle to the Sandlot gang.
* MsFanservice: Wendy Peffercorn.
* NostalgicNarrator: The adult Scotty, voiced by the film's writer-director David M. Evans.
* OhCrap: Or, rather: "[[AvoidTheDreadedGRating Oh SHIT!]]" when [[spoiler: The Beast leaps over the fence to get the ball back from Benny.]]
* OpposingSportsTeam: Subverted; it initially appears like the Sandlot ragtag team have met their villianous match midway through the film with a rival team that is introduced, complete with snobby attitude and nice uniforms. That is, [[spoiler: until the very next scene where the Sandlot team defeats them handily in blow-out fashion.]]
* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: The film sidesteps mentioning Major League Baseball's history of segregation when Mr. Mertle talks about his ballplaying days. Mr. Mertle talks about knowing Babe Ruth[[hottip:*: plausible given that major leaguers and Negro Leaguers played each other in exhibition games]] and claims that he would have broken Ruth's home run record, "but...." Scotty naively fills in the blank with, "...you went blind," and Mr. Mertle [[SureLetsGoWithThat goes along with]] this explanation.
* ProductPlacement: For PF Flyers who were trying to launch a comeback based on the returnung popularity of their main competitor, the Converse All-Stars
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The sandlot team to a tee.
* RealLifeRelative: The actor who played the elder Benny is the brother of the actor who played the young Benny.
* TheSixties
* SpiritualSuccessor: You could say this is ''{{A Christmas Story}}'' for the summer months. (Even though the ''actual'' sequel, Film/ItRunsInTheFamily aka "My Summer Story", ain't half bad either).
* SupportingProtagonist: Though Scott is the viewpoint character as well as the narrator, it's pretty obvious that Benny is the real [[TheHero hero]].
* VerbalTic: Three guesses as to what Yeah-Yeah's is.
* WastedSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtZFNnWiqy4 The credits song]] is nowhere to be seen on the soundtrack.
* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: Toward the beginning, Smalls suggests they go talk to The Beast's owner to have him get the ball back for them. Squints just shoots this down, and everyone else agrees. [[spoiler:The first thing Jones's character says when they tell them they were trying to get it back is to ask why they didn't just ask him. Cue everyone shouting at Squints and hitting him over the head with their baseball caps.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: Type 4.
-->'''Hamilton''': You play ball like a '''''girl'''''!
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: As is typical for these types of films, the end has Scott narrating what ultimately became of his friends, their images fading out one by one. At the very end, we're treated to a TimeSkip showing that [[spoiler: Scott is now a sports commentator, and Benny now plays baseball professionally...for their hometown Los Angeles Dodgers.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Benny is seen as such to the snobby players. "You shouldn't be allowed to touch a baseball. ''Except for Rodregiez'' you're all an insult to the game!"
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Benny successfully pickles The Beast to get the ball back...which leads to the OhCrap moment above.
Scotty Smalls is fairly brainy but struggles with making new friends due to being uncoordinated (doesn't have any skill at sports) and general shyness. In addition to being TheNewGuy, his mom recently remarried and he isn't quite adjusted to his new step-dad. Watching a group of kids play at the sandlot, he is invited to join by their best player and team leader Benny Rodriguez. An outcast among the group at first, Benny [[BigBrotherMentor guides Scotty to become a decent ball player]] in his own right and is accepted by the others.
As the film progresses, they learn about s'mores, crushes, friendship and that growing up doesn't always mean disaster. They are also forced to match wits with "The Beast," a vicious [[ShroudedInMyth genetically altered dog who was locked up for killing some 170 people trying to steal from the junk yard]], and now lives behind the left field fence.
Basically this movie was to the kids of TheNineties what ''Film/TheGoonies'' was to the kids of TheEighties. It also follows TheHerosJourney so well it's practically the baseball version of ''StarWars''.
Two direct-to video sequels were made thirteen years after the original had came and went:
* ''The Sandlot 2'' (2005): Set in the 70's and features a new cast of kids taking over the lot. Essentially a GenerationXerox of the first movie only with girls in the group and replacing the prized baseball with a model rocket.
* ''The Sandlot: Heading Home'' (2007): Featured a bit more originally as it features an arrogant professional baseball player getting knocked out and winding up back in 1967 (five years after the orignal movie) to relive his childhood and learn the PowerOfFriendship
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!!This movie contains examples of:
* AnAesop: Tobacco is bad for you. Chewing tobacco, in this case.
* AngryGuardDog: The Beast, which has a reputation for eating trespassers. [[spoiler:He turns out to be a BigFriendlyDog.]]
* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: "Shit" is said three times by the kids throughout the movie.
* BewareOfViciousDog: [[spoiler:Not really]].
* BlindBlackGuy: Mr. Mertle.
* BrokenGlassPenalty: The Beast's owner has [[spoiler:an impressive collection of baseball memorabilia]].
* CarryingACake:
* ChaseScene: The film's climactic scene is Benny [[spoiler: outrunning the Beast all over the whole town and to the sandlot again. LITERALLY all over town!]]
* ClusterFBomb: Subverted. For most of the movie, the boys swear plenty, but when it comes time for the name-calling contest, they decide [[NotUsingTheZedWord not to use the "B" word]] and substitute it with "female dog!" Granted, that's what it ''means'', but still...
* CoolOldGuy: Mr. Mertle, The Beast's owner.
* EldritchAbomination: The kids see The Beast as one. [[spoiler: Turns out he's just a BigFriendlyDog.]]
* TheFatGuy: "[[MeaningfulName Ham]]".
* FiveManBand: Once you focus on the characters with the most lines, you get
** TheLeader: Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez. Everybody follows his lead.
** TheBigGuy: Hamilton "Ham" Porter, the biggest guy and the first to get a home run in the film.
** TheLancer: Scott Smalls. Despite being the new guy he has the closest relationship to Benny and their personalities contrast.
** TheSmartGuy: Michael "Squints" Palledouros. He's pretty good at making {{plan}}s and, of course, SmartPeopleWearGlasses.
** TheChick: Defied and justified: "You play ball like a '''girl'''!"
** TeamPet: [[spoiler: Hercules, aka, "The Beast"]]
* KissOfLife: Pretty much the TropeCodifier. Squints deliberately pretends to drown in order to get the kiss of life from a hot lifeguard (who is played by Marley Shelton so you can hardly blame him).
** And the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue reveals that [[spoiler: Squints and the lifeguard eventually got married and had a ''lot'' of kids.]]
* KnuckleCracking: Benny cracks his knuckles when he faces off with the Beast. He does it with ''one hand'', pinching his fore- and middle-fingers with his thumb.
* MadnessMantra: ''"Lotioning...oiling...lotioning...oiling..."''
* TheMagnificent: Benny "The Jet" Rodregiez.
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Mr. Mertle to the Sandlot gang.
* MsFanservice: Wendy Peffercorn.
* NostalgicNarrator: The adult Scotty, voiced by the film's writer-director David M. Evans.
* OhCrap: Or, rather: "[[AvoidTheDreadedGRating Oh SHIT!]]" when [[spoiler: The Beast leaps over the fence to get the ball back from Benny.]]
* OpposingSportsTeam: Subverted; it initially appears like the Sandlot ragtag team have met their villianous match midway through the film with a rival team that is introduced, complete with snobby attitude and nice uniforms. That is, [[spoiler: until the very next scene where the Sandlot team defeats them handily in blow-out fashion.]]
* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: The film sidesteps mentioning Major League Baseball's history of segregation when Mr. Mertle talks about his ballplaying days. Mr. Mertle talks about knowing Babe Ruth[[hottip:*: plausible given that major leaguers and Negro Leaguers played each other in exhibition games]] and claims that he would have broken Ruth's home run record, "but...." Scotty naively fills in the blank with, "...you went blind," and Mr. Mertle [[SureLetsGoWithThat goes along with]] this explanation.
* ProductPlacement: For PF Flyers who were trying to launch a comeback based on the returnung popularity of their main competitor, the Converse All-Stars
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The sandlot team to a tee.
* RealLifeRelative: The actor who played the elder Benny is the brother of the actor who played the young Benny.
* TheSixties
* SpiritualSuccessor: You could say this is ''{{A Christmas Story}}'' for the summer months. (Even though the ''actual'' sequel, Film/ItRunsInTheFamily aka "My Summer Story", ain't half bad either).
* SupportingProtagonist: Though Scott is the viewpoint character as well as the narrator, it's pretty obvious that Benny is the real [[TheHero hero]].
* VerbalTic: Three guesses as to what Yeah-Yeah's is.
* WastedSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtZFNnWiqy4 The credits song]] is nowhere to be seen on the soundtrack.
* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: Toward the beginning, Smalls suggests they go talk to The Beast's owner to have him get the ball back for them. Squints just shoots this down, and everyone else agrees. [[spoiler:The first thing Jones's character says when they tell them they were trying to get it back is to ask why they didn't just ask him. Cue everyone shouting at Squints and hitting him over the head with their baseball caps.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: Type 4.
-->'''Hamilton''': You play ball like a '''''girl'''''!
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: As is typical for these types of films, the end has Scott narrating what ultimately became of his friends, their images fading out one by one. At the very end, we're treated to a TimeSkip showing that [[spoiler: Scott is now a sports commentator, and Benny now plays baseball professionally...for their hometown Los Angeles Dodgers.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Benny is seen as such to the snobby players. "You shouldn't be allowed to touch a baseball. ''Except for Rodregiez'' you're all an insult to the game!"
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Benny successfully pickles The Beast to get the ball back...which leads to the OhCrap moment above.
