The Sandlot

Kids' baseball field

A 1993 American coming-of-age film about a group of boys playing baseball in a neighborhood sandlot during the summer of 1962.

The movie has become a nostalgic cult classic, often quoted and referenced: You're killing me, Smalls!

The title refers to an informal dirt baseball field, distinct from maintained diamonds.

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kids · coming of age · neighborhood · forever · sneakers · treehouse · pickle · Smalls · home run · fence · dog · Hercules · legend · friendship · dusty · glove · bat · outfield

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sand, lot, sands, lots, sandy, sandier, sandiest, sanded, sanding

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Mostly American · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G