re: Over analyzing "The Sandlot"

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Smalls was obviously a book smart kid. So when he didn't know who The Great Bambino was, why didn't he go to the library and look through some encyclopedias or books? Kid probably had his own set of encyclopedias, I never understood why he didn't do his research.

As book smart as he was, why couldn't he grasp the concept of 'smores?

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But he had zero common sense and little self confidence to try to accomplish accelerating into the same level of sports knowledge the rest of the neighborhood had already acheived.

Taking a ball that rest on a mantle? come on.

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If anyone had a legit shot with Wendy Peffercorn, it would have been Benny, not Squints.

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Benny wasn't interested in women even though he was physicllay the most mature of the bunch. He later helped mentor and train Joey Votto.

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How could they spend all that time next door to Mr. Myrtle's house and NEVER see the man? In all those years? I know the guy was blind but he had to have stepped out for some fresh air every now and then.

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Yeah, that I don't get either. He had accute senses such as smell and I'm sure that applied to hearing as well. So if you loved baseball that much, and you heard kids playing right out your back door everyday, you wouldn't at least step outside?

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How could they play an honest game against the Little League team without one umpire? Ham was getting to call the strikes behind home plate? I don't think so

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That's the best part of playing sports in your neighborhood. Our arguments were legendary. In football, if your friend took a cheap shot at you, there was no penalty, you got in a fist fight, then made up the next day and played again.

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Smalls was obviously a book smart kid. So when he didn't know who The Great Bambino was, why didn't he go to the library and look through some encyclopedias or books? Kid probably had his own set of encyclopedias, I never understood why he didn't do his research.

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If he goes to a library, why doesnt he just check out a book on Babe Ruth instead of an encyclopedia?

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As book smart as he was, why couldn't he grasp the concept of 'smores?

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Smalls is a full blown nerd. And a nerd with no common sense. Of course he doesnt know what a smore is. I mean the kid had never even camped out, friggin dude walks in to the tree house screamin when he needs to keep his yapper shut.

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How could they spend all that time next door to Mr. Myrtle's house and NEVER see the man? In all those years? I know the guy was blind but he had to have stepped out for some fresh air every now and then.

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They were only there for maybe 3-4 hours a day maybe 4-6 days a week. I figure its shortly after school until dark. I figure James Earl Jones is probably taking a nap most of that time. And again, he's blind. Hercules wasnt exactly a seeing eye dog. You dont go strolling out in the streets with Hercules taking the lead, that's hoy you get your arse drug around town in chase of a hoodlum kid.

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How could they play an honest game against the Little League team without one umpire? Ham was getting to call the strikes behind home plate? I don't think so.

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Being a kid that played sandlot baseball weekly (still do for that matter), its not hard to do. Plus, they beat em, and they beat em good. No ump gonna change that.

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They were older. Squints could pull his own once he got older. And clearly he had game.

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