The Sandlot 2

[ Man Narrating ] It began with

the retrieval of the Great Ball.

[ Kids Shouting ]

Stolen by the Beast, the monster

poured into its possession...

his slobber and his will to dominate all

who trespassed his land.

But there were some who resisted.

An alliance of neighborhood kids banded together

and fought for possession of the Great Ball.

[ Barking ]

When all seemed lost,

Benny ''TheJet''Rodriguez-

aided by magic shoes guaranteed to make

a kid run faster andjump higher-

battled for the future of the sandlot.

[ Creaking ]

Hercules, the Beast,

enemy of all free kids...

was fiinally defeated.

Time passed, and for 3,000 days...

the Great Ball, its retrieval and the danger

of what was once contained...

behind the left fiield fence,

was almost forgotten.

Rumors grew up about a shadow of the Beast.

[ Ferocious Growling ]

Finally, when nine new kids came to

the sandlot in the year 1 97 2...

something old and new was waiting.

I was the only one

that knew anything about it.

My name is Johnnie Smalls,

and that was the summer that...

a kid named David Vincent Durango

taught me the greatest lesson in life...

and became the very fiirst hero I ever knew.

But even though what happened that summer

happened on the sandlot...

it had nothing to do with baseball.

After one long year...

Jonathan Buckminster Smalls...

All-City third grade science project winner.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the Saturn Apollo rocket.

Godspeed, AstroJake.

Flight deck- [ Imitates Radio Static ]

this is Mission Control.

- We are ''go'' for launch.

- [ Bell Ringing ]

- We are ''go'' for launch.

- [ Bell Ringing ]

[ Smalls Narrating ] The summer

between sixth grade and seventh grade...

is the best of times

and the worst of times.

Cartoons, army men and making

crank calls aren't important anymore...

because you're focused on zits, B.O. and

how your breath smells.

And that's when it comes.

The one great moment in your life

containing all your potential futures.

of greatness or hate yourself forever.

You're supposed to say, ''I'm sorry.''

Earth to boy.

You're really fast. Thanks.

You're supposed to say,

''You're welcome.''

[ Horn Honks ]

Bye.

The moment he fiirst had

a chance to talk to her...

was not the one great moment ofhis life.

- That moment for David

would come 99 days later.

- [ Exhales ]

- Hey, David, let's go play some baseball.

- Yeah, David. Come on.

Let's go to the sandlot.

David.

Her name's Hayley Goodfairer. Solid.

[ Boy ] Sammy says

she moved here a month ago.

Her dad's some kind of

government egghead.

He's worked in the South most ofher life,

so she's from, like, down there somewhere.

She's 1 2 going on 1 3.

Got a late in the year birthday.

How the hell do you know that, Fingers?

It's his purpose in life to know

all the facts about the ladies.

I heard she's liberated.

- Tarq, she's a girl. Who cares?

- Like, I'm just sayin'.

You're all wasting time. We still have

a huge problem, in case all you bozos forgot.

If we don't fiigure something out...

our fiirst whole summer on the sandlot

is gonna be over before it starts.

Crap. He's right. Let's roll.

[ Smalls ] The sandlot was like

David's baseball kingdom.

- Nine, eight-

- But that summer,

a kid named Singleton...

who was the captain of

a Little League team, set his

sights on taking it from them.

It was a bitter rivalry, and one day

I got caught in the middle of it...

- and almost didn't live to see tomorrow.

- A hundred days of baseball.

This is so much fun.

I don't know. Hey, guys, who's that kid?

Hey. What's that thing?

Oh, my God. He's one of them.

He's gonna blow up

the sandlot. Get him!

- Come on!

- Five, four, three, two, one.

We have ignition.

Holy crap!

- [ Screams ]

-[ Boy ] Look out.! Look out.!

[ All Shouting ]

- [ Boy ] There he goes. Get him.!

- There he goes.

Get back here.

There's nowhere to run.

We'll get you.

You can run, but you can't hide.

Get him.

He's going over the fence.

- [ Boy ] Get back here,you littlejerk.

- [ Water Splashes ]

[ Boy ] Come on.

He's somewhere around here.

Why don't you pick on

someone your own size.

- What are you doing here?

- I live here.

You live here? Next to the sandlot?

Look, I don't know anything about

a sandlot, whatever that is.

But this is private property,

and you're trespassing.

- [ Arguing ]

- [ Meows ]

- What's she talking about?

- That punk blew up our dugout.

It's none of your business anyway.

Hand him over and we'll leave.

How about you leave,

or I'll call the police?

[ Whistles ]

The whole place is gonna burn down.

Can we use your hose?

- Please?

- Please? Come on.

- Aw, come on.

- [ All Begging ]

- The dugout's on fiire.

- Okay. Go ahead.

- [ Boy ] Go, go, go, go.

- Hurry up, guys!

Guys, get the gate!

Get the gate! Follow me, guys.

Follow me. Hurry, hurry, hurry.!

- Hurry up.!

- Faster, guys. Faster.

- Whoa!

- Here. Let me do it.

- Let me help. Let me help.

- Let go.

Get off him. Get off him.

Guys, let him do it.

[ Arguing ]

- Thanks.

- For what?

They're just silly boys.

Maybe to you. To me,

they're like dogs with rabies.

Sixth graders. Very dangerous.

Well, then,you better go

while they're busy.

- Okay.

- [ Boy ] Hurry up.!

- But be here tomorrow- early.

- Why?

I saved your life, now you have to do

exactly what I say.

Okay.

[ Smalls ] The last thing a kid needs on

his fiirst day of summer vacation is an enemy.

And now I had fiive of them.

But I also had a new friend.

And it was because of me and Hayley

that David would fiinally come...

to the one great moment in his life.

Do I have to rake the whole fiield?

- [ Door Closes ]

- Oh. Hi, Daddy.

- Hey, uh, sweetheart.

- Roger.

You know referring to Hayley

with frilly nicknames is sexist.

It negatively impacts

her developing self-esteem.

Now, she is every bit

the equal of a male child.

Right. Sorry, uh-

Sorry there, uh, buddy.

That is much better.

[ Loud Kiss ]

- I gotta go. And you, you be good.

- Bye, Mom.

- Bye.

- See you later, sweetheart.

Uh, partner.

Uh, Dad, this is my friend, uh-

-Johnnie.

- Yeah.

- Oh, hey-hey,Johnnie. [ Chuckles ]

- [ Engine Starts ]

Nice to meet you,John.

[ Clears Throat ] Yeah. It's nice to

meet you there, uh,Johnnie.

- Anyway,Johnnie's into rockets too.

- Hayley- No, no.

Dad, please. There's the NASA logo.

Oh. [ Chuckles ] I've got my-

Yeah, whoops, there.

Uh- [ Clears Throat ] Well,Johnnie, uh,

model rocketry...

- that's a great little hobby.

- With all due respect, sir,

rockets are my life.

Really?

- Well, mine too.

- May I ask, sir, what

you're currently working on?

Well, you could.

But if I told you, I'd have to-

- Daddy.

- What?

That's okay.

I know he's just kidding.

Not really.

- Yes, sir. I understand.

- Yeah.

- We'll see you around there, buddy.

- Okay. Count on it, sir.

- Okay. See you later,

sweetheart, uh, tiger.

- Yeah.

- Right.

- Bye, Dad.

Forget it. You need

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