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There may be baseball movies that offer a more accurate portrayal of the big league game, but it’s hard to argue against The Sandlot as one of the funniest family-friendly sports movies ever. Let’s see how well you remember the adventures of Smalls, Benny, and the Beast.
Take the Quiz: The Sandlot
Not to be a pain, but I dispute the answer to Question #5. It should be the opposite of what it says.
Fun quiz. Love the movie.
posted by EV on 11-2-2009 at 11:56 am
90%, too easy, haha.
Awesome movie
posted by Troy H. on 11-2-2009 at 11:57 am
10/10. Love it!
posted by Caitlin on 11-2-2009 at 12:04 pm
9/10
Am I the only one that STILL says “For. ev. er.” whenenver I use the word “forever.”
Captcha: contacts gayness. o rly?
posted by holly on 11-2-2009 at 12:14 pm
I think EV (first comment) is wrong, though I haven’t seen the movie in about ten years.
posted by Jim on 11-2-2009 at 12:17 pm
70% Been a while. Forgot the shoes, Benny’s team, and for some reason who played the step-dad!
posted by Nerak on 11-2-2009 at 12:32 pm
100% but then I have an advantage – my kids are addicted to the movie and it plays at least once a week.
@EV – he is definately told to play Left Field and has to move twice before getting it right or in this case left.
@holly – definitely not the only person to do that.
posted by FrankieA on 11-2-2009 at 12:52 pm
Holly you aren’t the only one. My whole family says forever that way – foor-ev-errr.
posted by Kelly on 11-2-2009 at 12:54 pm
9/10. Couldn’t remember Benny’s shoes.
No mention of the vomit scene? That still grosses me out to this day.
posted by Tracie on 11-2-2009 at 1:28 pm
Wendy Peffercorn. What 10 year old boy didn’t have a crush on the high school lifeguard?
posted by Marc in UT on 11-2-2009 at 1:57 pm
No line in that movie even comes close to squints saying “Cloooooose catapult”.
posted by Garrett on 11-2-2009 at 5:11 pm
9/10 I got #5 wrong too EV… only cause I was picturing where he was standing in one of the scenes and for the life of me can NEVER remember w/o asking my hubby which is left and which is right.
posted by Melanie Hoke on 11-2-2009 at 5:45 pm
I do not know why as a young girl I had this movie on tape, but I know it very very (too?) well. This quiz made my day, so thank you.
I always say for-ev-err that way, too!
posted by adriana on 11-2-2009 at 7:23 pm
you’re killin me smalls! 100% baby!
posted by ac on 11-2-2009 at 7:28 pm
I think #5 is right field as well. Watch the clip below, it is “Squints” in left field.
http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&source=hp&q=The+Sandlot&safe=images&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=kk7wSt6nApPgMdDQ_IUH&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCIQqwQwAw#
posted by seamus on 11-3-2009 at 10:44 am