The Sandlot Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

8 of the most interesting The Sandlot easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of The Sandlot movie message.

Trivia Easter Eggs Hidden Scenes Accuracy
The Sandlot poster
The Sandlot poster
The Sandlot Plot

In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.

Genre Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Director David Mickey Evans
Stars Art LaFleur, Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna
IMDB score 7.8

The Sandlot Movie Trivia

1 - Babe Ruth asks if he can keep a Henry Aaron baseball card. Henry Aaron, better known as Hank, broke the Babe's career home run record, the only player to do so at the time the movie came out.

Babe Ruth asks if he can keep a Henry Aaron baseball card. Henry Aaron, better known as Hank, broke the Babe's career home run record, the only player to do so at the time the movie came out.

1 - James Earl Jones' character Mr. Mertle says that he played alongside Babe Ruth who played between 1914-1935. Unfortunately this wouldn't have been possible because the MLB didn't allow players of African American descent until 1947.

James Earl Jones' character Mr. Mertle says that he played alongside Babe Ruth who played between 1914-1935. Unfortunately this wouldn't have been possible because the MLB didn't allow players of African American descent until 1947.

Accuracy details in The Sandlot

1 - The boys know everything there is to know about Babe Ruth... except how to spell his name.

The boys know everything there is to know about Babe Ruth... except how to spell his name.

The Sandlot movie hidden details

1 - Smalls has the three autographed Babe Ruth balls: The one given to him by James Earle Jones, the one he lost, and the one Benny signed as a decoy.

Smalls has the three autographed Babe Ruth balls: The one given to him by James Earle Jones, the one he lost, and the one Benny signed as a decoy.

1 - At 44:55, Squints throws his glove on the ground in anger and it flies towards Tommy Timmons, who catches it instinctively. Sorry for low quality. Tommy is 2nd from left, about to be hit in the face with a glove.

At 44:55, Squints throws his glove on the ground in anger and it flies towards Tommy Timmons, who catches it instinctively. Sorry for low quality. Tommy is 2nd from left, about to be hit in the face with a glove.

1 - Smalls says that Benny would play baseball no matter what and "tolerates the pool the most." When Squints drowns we can see that he doesn't even have swim trunks and goes in his jeans he was wearing at The Sandlot.

Smalls says that Benny would play baseball no matter what and "tolerates the pool the most." When Squints drowns we can see that he doesn't even have swim trunks and goes in his jeans he was wearing at The Sandlot.

A telephone pole seen behind Wendy Peffercorn at the pool only has wires attached to one side of the top. I don't know if this was a mistake or just normal design.

The iconic line "You're killing me, smalls." was improvised by the young actors.

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