The Sandlot (1993)

Denis Leary: Bill

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• Narrator : Even though Bill loved the Murderers' Row ball, he was still plenty mad about me having swiped his Babe Ruth autographed ball and ruining it. So, I didn't feel too bad when he grounded me for a week instead of the rest of my life.

  Bill : [Looking at the Murderers' Row ball]  Wow.

  Narrator : Things worked out between me and him. And from then on, I didn't have any trouble just calling him, "Dad", all the time.

  [Scene cuts to Smalls and Bill playing catch, as the Narrator continues] 

  Narrator : We all lived in the neighborhood for a couple of more years, mostly through Junior High School, and every Summer was great. But none of them ever came close to that first one. When one guy would move away, we never replaced him on the team with anyone else. We just kept the game going like he was still there.

  Bill : Wow! Starting to hurt my hand.

  Narrator : [Scene cuts to the team on the Sandlot as the Narrator continues]  It was weird that Benny had said that Babe Ruth was like the Hercules of Baseball and the Beast's name ended up being Hercules. None of us could ever figure out what that meant, but we were all amazed by it. I kept in touch with those guys over the years and I found out that Yeah-Yeah's parents had shipped him off to Military School. After the Army, he became one of the pioneering developers of bungee jumping. Of course, we all know why. Bertram, well... Bertram got really into the '60s and no one ever saw him again. Timmy and Tommy became an architect and a contractor. They started out small, designing playground equipment and prefabricated tree houses. But they became multimillionaires when they invented... mini malls. Squints grew up and married Wendy Peffercorn. They have 9 kids. They bought Vincent's Drug Store and they still own it to this day. Hamilton Porter became a professional wrestler. You know him as "The Great Hambino". DeNunez played Triple A ball, but he never got to the majors. He owns he own business now and he coaches a little league team that his sons play on called, "The Heaters". Hercules lived to be 199 years old... uh, in doggie years. I was the last one to move away. But when I did, the Sandlot was still there. After Benny pickled the Beast, his reputation spread all over town. From then on, he was known as, "Benny 'The Jet' Rodriguez" and the nickname stuck with him for the rest of his life.

• Smalls : Uh, Bill?

  Bill : [Working on bills]  Yeah?

  Smalls : I mean, Dad. Could you, like you said, teach me how to play catch?

  Bill : Yeah. Sure, but I gotta get this done, okay?

  Smalls : Ok thanks.

  Mom : Bill?

  Bill : [suspiciously]  Yeah?

  Mom : Can you take a break and teach him how to?

  Smalls : No, Mom, it's ok, really.

  Bill : Honey, I said I would but, but I'm on the gun here.

  Mom : How long could it take? Could you spare half an hour? Show him how to?

  Smalls : Mom, really, it's ok.

  Bill : Alright. I'll get my glove.

• Bill : [Playing catch with Squints out in the yard]  Now, the key to this game is that you got to keep an eye on the ball no matter whether you're in a field or on the bed, eye on the ball, okay?

  Smalls : Yeah, I think so.

  Bill : Ok, when the ball goes, that's where your glove should go, got it?

  Smalls : Ok, yeah.

  Bill : Okay.

  Smalls : [leaning his head down]  Sorry.

  Bill : It's alright.

  Smalls : Uh, here.

  [places the ball back in Bill's glove] 

  Smalls : . Ok, I'm ready.

  Bill : Eye on the ball, okay? Got it?

  Smalls : Ok.

  Bill : Ok, when the ball moves, move your glove, got it?

  Smalls : Yeah.

  Bill : Ok, here we go.

  [throws the ball again] 

  Bill : Ok, just may need a bigger glove. Throw it back this time. Throw it back. Scotty, keep your eye on the ball.