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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 [[Shrouded in Myth|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 [[The Nineties]] what ''[[The Goonies]]'' was to the kids of [[The Eighties]]. It also follows [[The
Two direct-to video sequels were made thirteen years after the original had came and went:
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* [[Carrying a Cake]]:
* [[Chase Scene]]: 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!}}
* [[Cluster F
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Mr. Mertle, The Beast's owner.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The kids see The Beast as one. {{spoiler|Turns out he's just a [[Big Friendly Dog]].}}
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]] / [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez
** [[The Big Guy]]: Hamilton "Ham" Porter
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** [[Team Pet]]: {{spoiler|Hercules, aka, "The Beast"}}
* [[Kiss of Life]]: Pretty much the [[Trope Codifier]]. 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 [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] reveals that {{spoiler|Squints and the lifeguard eventually got married and had a ''lot'' of kids.}}
* [[Knuckle Cracking]]: 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.
* [[Misunderstood Loner With a Heart of Gold]]: Mr. Myrtle to the Sandlot gang.
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* [[Wasted Song]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtZFNnWiqy4 The credits song] is nowhere to be seen on the soundtrack.
* [[We Could Have Avoided All This]]: 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. {{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.}}
* [[What Do You Mean
{{quote| '''Hamilton''': You play ball like a '''''girl'''''!}}
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: 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 [[Time Skip]] showing that {{spoiler|Scott is now a sports commentator, and Benny now plays baseball professionally...for their hometown Los Angeles Dodgers.}}
* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]: Benny successfully pickles The Beast to get the ball back...which leads to the [[Oh Crap]] moment above.
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