All language subtitles for The.Sandlot.2.2005.720p.WEBRip.x264.AAC-[YTS.MX]

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.

When all seemed lost,
Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez--

aided by magic shoes
guaranteed to make a kid
run faster and jump higher--

battled for the future
of the sandlot.

Hercules, the Beast,
enemy of all free kids,

was finally defeated.

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

the Great Ball, its retrieval
and the danger of what was
once contained...

behind the left field fence,
was almost forgotten.

Rumors grew up
about a shadow of the Beast.

Finally, when nine new kids
came to the sandlot
in the year 1972,

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 first 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, Astro Jake.

Flight deck--

- We are "go" for launch.
-

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.

* Dizzy *

* I'm so dizzy
my head is spinning *

* Like a whirlpool
it never ends *
And that's when it comes.

The one great moment
in your life containing
all your potential futures.

You have two choices: Start
down the path 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."

* I want you
for my sweet pet *

-
- * But you keep playing
hard to get *

* Going around in circles
all the time *

Bye.
* Dizzy *

* I'm so dizzy
my head is spinning **

The moment he first had
a chance to talk to her...

was not the one great moment
of his life.

That moment for David
would come 99 days later.

- 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.

Her dad's some kind of
government egghead.

He's worked in the South most
of her life, so she's from,
like, down there somewhere.

She's 12 going on 13.
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 figure
something out,

our first 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 him.

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!

-
-
Look out! Look out!

Get back here.
There's nowhere to run.

We're gonna get you.
You can run, but you can't hide.

Get him.
He's going over the fence.

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.

-

- 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?

The whole place
is gonna burn down.
Can we use your hose?

Please.
Please. Come on.

- Aw, come on.
-

The dugout's on fire.
Okay. Go ahead.

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.

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.

But be here tomorrow--
early.
Why?

I saved your life,
now you have to do
exactly what I say.

Okay.

The last thing
a kid needs on his first day
of summer vacation is an enemy.

And now I had five of them.
But I also had a new friend.

And it was because of me
and Hayley that David
would finally come...

to the one great moment
in his life.

Do I have to rake
the whole field?

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.

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.
I've got my--
Yeah, whoops, there.

Uh--
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 security clearance
to get in there.

In your own garage?
My dad's workshop.

Grab that sprinkler.
You've got a lot
of work to do.

They turned the dugout
into a dollhouse.

- Is that legal?
- Is what legal?

Girls...
on a baseball diamond.

- What are you doing here?
- You said that yesterday.

Is that all you know how to say?
Besides, none of your beeswax.

- You're not allowed to be here.
- We have as much right to
play here as you do.

- Play what?
- Baseball.

- Are you taking loony pills?
- What's that supposed to mean?

That's a softball-- squishy--
for girls.

This is a baseball.
What men play with.

Then what are you
doing with one?

- Well?
- "Well" what?

- Leave already.
- No.

Look, doll,
this is a baseball diamond.

We come here to play
a serious game of baseball.

You and your friends should
go home and play with your
Barbies before you get hurt.

Are you threatening me?
No, sugar.

He just means if there's
a bad hop, you could get hurt
being, like, girls and all.

And you're a male
chauvinist pig, being,
like, a boy and all.

That's what my mom
calls my dad. I told you,
she's liberated.

Yes, I am,
and I can do anything
you can do better.

This is a baseball,
same as that.

For the love of Pete,
are you deaf?

Sorry, Fingers.

This is not a baseball.
It's a softball.

My three-year-old sister
can hit this grapefruit.

-
I bet you couldn't hit it.

Say what?

I don't bet trash.
I burn it.

- What did you say?
- I'll bet I can strike him out
with three pitches.

If I do, we stay,
you leave.

If I don't,
you stay, we'll leave.

- You're serious?
- Like Gloria Steinem.

You're on, doll face.
Tarq, get my bat
and my helmet.

Mac, what are you doing?

Getting rid of them.
You just can't take a bet
like that by yourself, Mac.

We all get a say.
And?

- And my mom reads Ms. magazine.
- What the hell is
he talking about?

Gloria Steinem writes
that magazine. It's serious
women's liberation stuff.

What the hell
is he talking about?

I'm just saying, what if
the impossible happened?

Like, somehow,
she, like, threw three pitches,
and you didn't, like, hit one.

Are you cracked?
She's a girl. This is baseball.
I'm a man.

Listen, she'll toss me
a ball--

I'll tag it four blocks,
they'll go home and all
this junk will be over.

Okay? Okay? Okay?

Well?

Now you're talking.

Bring it on, skirt.

Don't blink.

- What the--
- Come on.
Pitch it already.

I call time.
What the hell was that?

Come on.
That's totally illegal.
You can't do that!

[ Laughing ]

- [ All Hiss ]
- You didn't even swing.

Um, I kind of blinked.
Just tell me what happened.

- She smoked you, meathead.
- You didn't even swing.

I heard you
the first time, Tarqell.

Swing?
He didn't even see it.

- Oh, like you never
took a strike before.
- Not like that.

- I've never seen
anything like that before.
- [ Laughs ]

Oh, my God, Hayley.
They are so embarrassed.
They should be.

How was I supposed to know
that they were
a professional softball team?

You go back up there,
she'll mow you down
like a summer daisy.

What are you now,
a poet?

Sam's pretty sure it's
a violation of the rules
to pitch underhand.

- Hey!
- That one is cute.

You can't do
that underhand pitch thing.

It's against the rules
of baseball.
I'm just tellin' ya.

No, it's not.
There's no rule against it.

So it's legal and fair.
[ Giggling ]

Oh. Okay. Thanks.

We are officially screwed.

[ Exhales ]

[ Exhales ]
No, we're not.

Excuse me,
what are you doing?

Pinch-hitting.
It's legal...

and fair.
Yeah, totally legal
and fair.

Don't worry, guys.
I got it. Go ahead.

[ Boy ] David's got it.
It's over.
Solid.

- Whoa. Watch it.
- Foul ball.

Foul ball.

Foul ball.

Come on.

Foul ball.

Foul ball.

- Well?
- "Well" what?

I'm asking if you want to
call the game on account of
it's gonna get dark soon.

- If you're too tired.
- I didn't say I was tired.

- Uh, Hayley?
- What?

- Maybe we should call it.
- [ Scoffs ]

- Until tomorrow, I mean.
- Yeah. David, man,
it's gonna get dark soon.

- It's a safety issue,
you know.
- [ Exhales ]

[ Mrs. Goodfairer ]
Hayley, come home.
Dinnertime.

- Forfeit!
That's a forfeit!
- [ Huffs ]

[ Woman ]
David, time to take your bath.
It's a draw then.

[ Huffs ]

Hey, David.
Your mom still makes you
take a bath at 6:00?

- Shut up, Saul.
- Fine. Tomorrow then.
Little baby.

Count on it,
spoiled brat.

[ Panting ]

[ Growls ]

[ Saul ]
David, what are you doing?
[ Tarqell ] Are you okay?

What was that all about?
Why are you
just sitting here?

Come on.
We're wasting time.
Let's go to the sandlot.

- David, we gotta go
get Sammy.
- Geez, what's the hurry?

Why are his panties
in a twist?
How am I supposed to know?

- Payback time, little turd.
- It was an accident.

You wrecked our field.
Now your ass is grass.

What? I cleaned it up.
I made it better.

It's true.
The sandlot
never looked this good.

He even dragged
the baseline.
Okay, already, Saul.

If Singleton told you
to wreck the field,
why'd you clean it up?

Who's Singleton?

Little League team captain.
The guy who told you
to mess up the sandlot...

so we'd leave
and him and his team
could take it for practice.

Sir, I don't know no Singleton
and I don't know nothing
about no Little League...

and I don't play baseball.

- Rockets are my life, sir.
- You ain't one of them?

I don't even know
no "them," sir.

What's your name?
Jonathan Buckminster Smalls.

Hell of a name.

So, you're friends
with them.

- Kind of.
- So you know
we've got a situation.

- I guess.
- "I guess"? Look, Bucky--

- Johnnie.
- Whatever. This is our sandlot,
and we've owned it for, like,

a long time.

Actually, most of us have only
lived here for a couple of
years... except David.

Shut up, Tarqell.
Like I said, a long time.

Longer than
those girls anyway.

And so-- And so--
And so--

"And so" what?

I don't know.
I'm out of words and stuff.
This is stupid.

Johnnie, go over there
and tell them to leave.

I don't think they--

- They said you have to leave.
- No.

They aren't going to leave.
[ All Huff ]

Just tell 'em
to leave.

They really, really
need you to leave.
No.

They said no.
[ David ]
Tell them to leave.

No.

They aren't leaving.
Again.

No!
[ Sighs ]

[ Exhales ]

- He's done for, Captain.
- What did they say?

- [ Scoffs ]
- If they were boys,
we could beat 'em up.

Well, they ain't
and we can't.

I have an idea.

Share.

Share the sandlot.
Play together.

- We could do that.
- Are you all cracked?

David, man.
You know, like,
they're really good.

Yeah. Really, really good,
and we're like four men short
for a team.

- They're girls.
- Yeah, but, so what?

So what? You got us
into this crap-mess, Mac.

A good soldier
knows when to surrender.
I surrender.

They're good.
We need them.

Let me put it this way.
We want to beat those
Little League jerks, right?

Well, them are the answer.

[ Deep Breath ]

Mac, go make a deal.

Do they hate each other
or what?
No.

[ Scoffs ]
They are, like,
totally in love.

But why are they
always mad at each other?

It's the same thing.
Doy!

Oh. Well,
here's the deal.
We give.

Really?
Yeah, but you
got to be on our team.

Really?
Yeah. We need three more
guys, er, players.

We got a big game
coming up soon.
Deal.

[ Spits ]
That is so disgusting.

Oh, sorry.

- Sammy said
the cookies are great.
- [ Hayley ] Thank you.

- Can he have the recipe?
- Sure, I'll write it down
for you.

- The dugout's
very tastefully done.
- Thanks.

- Saul.
- What?

- Shut up.
- Orange is
my favorite color.

- Mine too.
- Ow! What?

- Is this freshly squeezed?
- Yes. Thank you for noticing.

- Mac.
- What?

Shut it.

Anyway, this is Jenny
and this is Penny,
and I'm--

[ Together ]
Hayley Goodfairer.
We know.

This is Tarqell, Mac,

- [ Slurps ]
- Saul and his brother Sam.

We call him Fingers.
He's deaf.

Just look at him
when you talk to him.
He can read lips.
Okay.

Hi.

Let's reconnoiter
these turkeys.

Yeah.

Look, guys.
It's the sandlot retards.

Singleton. That's enough, son.
Get back here. We've got
a practice going on.

- Yeah, in a second, Coach.
- But you said that last time,

and then we stood around
while you cussed out
the ice cream man.

Back to practice.
Last time I coach my nephew.

You guys bring
your sisters to watch
some real ballplayers?

Shut your mouth, Singleton.

Actually, they're here to
watch me wipe home plate with
that mop you call your hair.

-
- Sweeping up's all
you're good for, doughboy.

- Good thing you're
switching to softball.
- That's it! You're dead meat.

Dead, I tell you!
Dead!
Settle down, Mac.

Now, calm yourself.
I'm okay.
I'm okay.

-
Yeah, right, roly-poly.
- Okay.

Speaking of sweeping up, you
girls keeping our practice
diamond all clean and tidy?

- Watch your mouth, jerk.
- Shut up, porky.

- Lurch!
- Your mama
wears combat boots.

Your mama's so ugly,
when you were born
they slapped her.

- Gomer Pyle.
- Hippie.

- Shut up, porky.
- You already said that, idiot.

Yeah, well,
you're still fat, moron.

You're a fart-sniffing,
road-apple-chewing,

scab-licking female dog.

I ain't done yet.
You're ugly,
your mama dresses you funny,

you stink like toe fungus
and you ride
the short school bus.

Yeah, well,
you play ball like a girl.

Excuse me.
What did you say?

- You heard me.
- Friday. The sandlot.

Be there, male chauvinist pig.

Count on it, tomboy.

But he was so mad
we had to take him to
the parking lot carnival...

and stuff him
full of cotton candy
just to calm him down.

The carnival was the best place
to go when you wanted to
get stuff off your mind.

Because that's where
you could see the most
amazing things on earth...

for only 50 cents.

Bigfoot crap?

How in the hell
are we supposed to know
what kind of crap that is?

- It could be dog crap.
- It'd have to be
one big dog.

Yeah.
And must've eaten
a whole bag of dog chow.

-
- Good we can't smell it.

This is so lame.
It's fake.

- It's still disgusting.

about how me and David
and Hayley were connected.

Let me see.
Mac,
hit the button.

-
- It's just a bear.

- That is supposed to scare us?
- Guys, what's in this one?

I don't know.
What is that?

Where'd he go?
It wasn't that scary.

[ Mac ] What happened?
Why'd he run out of there
like that?

- David, you okay, man?
- Yeah. Fine.

I-I was just too hot
in there.

Okay. Yeah. Sure.
Yeah, it's hotter
than snot.

Let's get another soda
and ride some rides.

Fine. Go to the bathroom.
But meet us at the Tilt-A-Whirl.

Mom made me promise
to make sure you stay
away from the kissing booth.

You understand?

Don't even think
about going over there.
Serious.

Okay, go.

Bye.

Just one.

Sweetie,
aren't you a little young?

Say, kid,
did your mother say
it was okay?

Just on the cheek, okay?

- * Sugar *
-
Hey!

- * Oh, honey, honey *
- Let go of her!

* You are my candy girl *

Oh, my God!

What's wrong?
Get the bikes!

-
- Hey. Hey.

* Ah, honey *
What are you doing?

Now I remember that kid.
That's the same kid
as last year.

* You are my candy girl **

- Pervert!
- God, he stole my gum!

We never mentioned that night
again because it was just
too terrible to think...

what would've happened if
that guy had caught Fingers--

but mostly because of
what happened the next day--

when we finally had to play
the biggest game of our lives.
Don't blink.

It was winner take all,
and the prize was nothing less
than the sandlot itself.

-
Did you see that?
- Is that legal?

Sorry. You need me to
call that for you? Strike!

Shut up, doughnut belly.
That's illegal.
You can't pitch like that.

It's legal.
Get used to disappointment.

-
You can hit it.
- Come on.

Sit down.

Come on, you idiot.
Throw it in.

That day
I witnessed the beginning of the
most important thing in life:

- first love.
- Throw it!

When Singleton realized
he was gonna lose,
he did something so wrong,

that David took his first step
down the road of greatness.

You're out.
Are you cracked?

What'd you do that for,
you jive turkey?

She wants to play with
the big boys,
that's what she gets.

The sandlot's ours... forever.
Don't mess with my teammates.

And you never, ever
hit a girl, creep!

It was a force of nature
inside him, and he did
what nature intended.

He came to Hayley's defense.
Later, though, he would
have to make a decision...

whether or not to come to
Hayley's rescue like a knight
in shining armor--

and face his greatest fear:

a deadly force of nature
that I accidentally
turned loose...

on the 99th day
of the summer of 1972.

That was a really
great hit she made.
Almost went all the way over.

Can't be done, Smalls.
No one's ever hit a ball
over that junk wall.

Ever?
Nope. Too high.

Man, Evil Knievel
couldn't even jump that wall.

You knock one off that
dryer, that's about
as good as it gets.

when Mac got a new kind of bat
for his birthday.

It was made of aluminum,

and he finally did
what no one had ever
been able to do before.

Yeah! Are you taking notes?

- Smalls, did you see that?
- See what?

That homer.
Kid, it was far out.

I'll get the ball back
and I'll hit another one
so you can see.

We can get
the ball back. There's got to be
some way over that wall.

No! Stop!

You guys, over here.
No!

No! Stop!
What are you all doing?

What are we all doing?
Smalls, you're the one
freaking out.

Bucky, you're acting a fool.
Just step aside
so we can get our ball.

It's Johnnie,
and I said stay back!

You might wanna
put those away before
you hurt yourself, Smalls.

Oh, my gosh.
None of you knows.

Knows about what?

Tarqell, you said you guys
have only been...

coming here together
for, like, a year, right?

And, David, you said
no one's ever hit a ball
over the junk wall.

Right?
Right.
Mac's the first.

- Johnnie, what in the hell
are you babbling about?
- The Great Fear.

Spawned by the Beast.

Go over there real slowly,

and look through
that old dryer and be quiet.

No, no, no.
Only one.

- What was that thing?
- The Great Fear.

Like, what does that mean,
"The Great Fear"?

It's a long story.

- Bivouac.
-

All those who know
this tale have grown up
and left the neighborhood.

But my brother, Scotty,
was there. He told me
the main stuff.

A kid named Benny "The Jet"
Rodriguez battled the Beast,

a dog named Hercules,
to get back a baseball
worth about a million bucks.

Benny won.
Hercules got old and died.

Where his story ends
is where the story of
the Great Fear begins.

Around six years ago,
before he died,
Hercules made some baby dogs.

[ Growling ]
One pup
was different.

He had big feet
and big teeth
and he didn't like no one.

He was born to bite,
and so nobody wanted him.

For years the pup stayed in
the backyard,

looking under the gate
to watch kids walking by.

Kids he wanted to bite.
But there was no way out.

With his big feet,
he started to dig.

The digging made him grow huge.
Being alone made him grow mean.

And then the little kid
moved into the neighborhood,
and he was six years old.

His favorite hero
was the Rapid Rocket.

So the little kid believed
he was as fast as
a speeding rocket.

On his first day of school,
he walked right past
Mr. Mertle's house.

The night before,
Mr. Mertle didn'tlock the gate.

[ Low Barking ]

And that's when
the freak-of-nature pup
became known as the Great Fear.

Because the little kid
looked at it,
and he was afraid.

And because
he could smell your fear.

After he got bit
by the Great Fear,
the little kid disappeared.

Some say he hops around
on one leg.

Some say the Great Fear
ate him whole.

And some say his parents
moved him away...

'cause he got infected with
the Great Fear's spit
and never talked again.

He barked.

After that, Mr. Mertle
chained the Great Fear up
to a battleship anchor...

so he could never
get out again...

and never bite kids no more.

And all on account of being
chained up forever,

the Great Fear's brain
got twisted, and he went insane.

And that's why he still digs,
'cause there's no way out.

But he believes there is.

Bucky, that's
a hell of a story.

It's the truth.

Like, you've got a great
imagination and all,

but we're a little old
to believe in scary stories.

But, it's all the truth.

Johnnie, we're all, like, 12,
and you're, well, you know,
just still in the fourth grade.

That was a great story.
Great story, Johnnie.

Wait.
Look.

- You know what that looks like?
- We all see it, Mac.
Shut up.

We all heard it, Mac.
Shut up.
Bigfoot.

The junk wall wasn't built
to keep things out.

It was built to keep
some thing in.

- What?
- No one really knows.

Some kind of mutated,
insane, bigfoot dog thing.

But this much is certain.

Since the time of
the little kid, nothing
has gone over that fence.

But if something ever did
and anyone tried to go get it,

no one would ever
see them again.

They'd become dog chow...

for the Great Fear.

[ Smalls ]
Back then, fireworks
were safe and sane.

You heard stories about
kids getting their fingers
blown off,

but we never knew anyone
that that had actually
happened to.

Those accidents
were caused by firecrackers,
not safe and sane fireworks.

You didn't even have to
have your parents with you
to buy them.

But the one thing
your parents always said was,

"Don't spend all your money
on the Rocket Riot."

Two Rocket Riots, please.

I've been saving
for two years.

Chores, collecting bottles,
birthday money.

Here, help me with this.

Bucky, what in the hell
are you gonna do
with two Rocket Riots?

Celebrate the birth
of our great country,
of course.

Oh, and I'm going to
turn night into day.

* Eight-track playing
all your favorite songs *

* The rhythm of the bongos
fill the park *

It's about time.

We gonna play ball or what?

David, man,
it's so hot out.

I'm not even
supposed to be here.

My mom said if I play ball
in this heat, I'll get fungus.

What happened to playing
baseball all day, every day?
All summer.

Come on, David.
It's hot.

Hey, do you guys
wanna go swimming?

- Oh, yeah.
- All right.

[ Smalls ] Because of it
being so hot that day
and because of Hayley's pool,

I got another clue
about how me and David
and Hayley were connected...

for the one moment later
that summer when I would
change the fortunes of all.

-
- Aren't you gonna go swimming?

No, it's stupid.
Girls ruin everything.

Even with that clue,
I couldn't put it
all together yet.

But I would soon enough,
and like all great moments
in history,

it would be
at the very last minute.

Johnnie.
Yeah?

Isn't David
gonna come swimming too?

Mmm, I don't think so.

Maybe he will later though.

Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
Come on.

Come on. Hurry up.
There he goes.

* Fire hydrants help to
beat the heat *

Hey, big guy.
What's the matter?

I thought he liked me.
What's the matter with me?

Oh, tiger, there is absolutely
nothing wrong with you.
You are perfect.

You just remember this:
A woman needs a man
like a fish needs a bicycle.

Hmm?
Oh, great.
Thanks, Mom.

Anytime, big guy.

* Summertime is here **

[ Door Closes, Locks Click ]

Johnnie, right?

Uh, yes.
My name is Johnnie, sir.

You know, I gotta go away
on business next week,

so, why don't you
come over Friday morning,

and you and me will take
my project for a test flight
before I go.

- Me, sir?
- Yeah, sure.

I mean, you can set it up
and you can launch it
if you want to.

- Rockets are your life, right?
- Affirmative.

Affirm--
Yeah.

You know, Johnnie,
my wife and my daughter,

they're not so impressed
with all my, uh, science junk
in the garage.

It'd be nice to
share it with somebody
who truly appreciates it.

I'll be here, sir.
No. Don't call me sir.
It's Roger.

Roger.
Wilco.
Over and out.

It's a little NASA humor.
Okay, so we'll-we'll see you
on Friday, right?

Count on it, sir, er, Roger.

Come on, Johnnie.
Johnnie, come on.

Come on, Johnnie.

* California baby
caught my eye *

* Lying on the beach
while I surfed by *

* Then when we met *
Hi.
Hi.

* I'll never forget
you were so tan *

* And me in my van *

* California baby by my side *

[ Smalls ]
That's what it was all about
when I was a kid.

Baseball, summer,
rockets and fireworks.

They went together
like hot dogs and soda.

The only difference between us
and the big leaguers...

was that we weren't playing
at Dodger Stadium.

We were playing
someplace better.

* I'll be right beside you
till I die *

* We'll ride the summer surf *

* We'll ride the curl
for all that it's worth *

* California baby *

Smalls, that's the most
far-out thing I've ever seen.
* Don't you cry *

Happy birthday, U.S.A.

* Palm trees and sunshine
long walks on the beach *

* There's a lot we can learn **

Hey. W-Where's Hayley?
I thought she was coming to
the, uh, airport with us.

She's over at Penny
and Jenny's and she says
she loves you. Now, let's go.

Take it easy now.
Easy, easy, easy, ea--

Hello, Mr. Good--
I mean, Roger.
It's Friday morning.

It's me, Johnnie.
I'm here.

Be nice
to share it with somebody
who truly appreciates it.

You can set it up
and you can launch it
if you want to.

Rockets are your life, right?

Right.

* When I die
and they lay me to rest *

* Gonna go to the place
that's the best *

Might as well get it
completely ready, I guess.

* Going up to the spirit
in the sky *

* Going up to
the spirit in the sky *
* Spirit in the sky *

* It's where I'm gonna go
when I die *
* When I die *

* When I die
and they lay me to rest *

* I'm gonna go to the place
that's the best *

You are one
lucky astronaut, Jake.

* Prepare yourself
you know it's a must *

* Gotta have a friend
in Jesus *

* So you know that
when you die *

* He's gonna recommend you
to the spirit in the sky *
* Spirit in the sky *

* Gonna recommend you to
the spirit in the sky *

* That's where you're gonna go
when you die *
* When you die *

* When you die
and they lay you to rest *

* Your gonna go to the place
that's the best *

Oh, my God.

Honey--
We cannot go back.

* I've got a friend in Jesus *

* So you know that when I die *

* He's gonna set me up
with the spirit in the sky *

* Whoa, set me up with
the spirit in the sky *

* That's where I'm gonna go
when I die *
* When I die *

* When I die
and they lay me to rest *

* I'm gonna go to
the place that's the best *

* Go to the place
that's the best **

Hi, Johnnie.
Whatcha doing?

Hi. Uh, just cleaning up
the sandlot.

Lots of work to do.
See ya.

Oh. My dad had to go
on his trip a week early.

He said to tell you he's sorry
he missed your meeting,
whatever that means.

But you guys can do
your "mission,"
whatever that means,

as soon as he gets back.

Oh. Okay. Great.

Oh. I almost forgot.
Everyone's coming over tomorrow.

My dad's gonna be on television
talking about his rocket.

Really?

Gee, that's super.

Well, it's-- it's been
a long and difficult
design process,

but after two years--
That is so cool.

of, uh, hard work,

- uh, we'll be launching
a model of the--
-

space shuttle very soon.

The work that my team
and I have-- have done
is undoubtedly--

Awesome!
Hayley, I didn't know
your dad was famous.

Neither did I.

"He must be a genius."

I guess it's not just
science junk in the garage
after all, is it, Mom?

No, it isn't, honey.
Your daddy is
a very important man.

I think it's safe to say
that this could be...

the most important
piece of engineering...

in the history of mankind.

Sorry.
I have to go.
Uh, well--

Well, uh, maybe the shock of
knowing some famous science dude
was just too much for him.

Like, wow, Smalls, I don't
remember you setting off
a firecracker this big!

Smalls, what are you
looking at?

Wow. What's that?

Up there.
That speck.

It's not a U.F.O.,
meathead.

Wait. Is it?

It looks exactly like--

Johnnie, please, please
tell me you didn't set off
my dad's rocket.

It was an accident.
I swear!

Oh, my God.

* When I die
and they lay me to rest *

* Gonna go to the place
that's the best *

* When they lay me
down to die *

* Going up
to the spirit in the sky **

Smalls, you mean to tell me
that you launched
a scale model...

of the NASA space shuttle
on purpose?

No. Hayley's dad said that
me and him were going to,
but he didn't come, and--

It was an accident!
I swear!

It's the greatest
feat of engineering
in the history of mankind!

"The future of
the United States space program
depends on that thing!"

And if I may add myself,
it's worth, well,

more than
your whole life, Smalls!

I don't feel so good.

Give him room.
Give him air.

We've gotta get
that shuttle back.
My dad is gonna kill me!

David, where are you going?

- Home.
- Aren't you gonna help?

Forget it.
You'll never get it back.

It's gone.

Forever.

Hayley, when's your dad
getting back?

- In five days.
- Five days!

That's an impenetrable
fortress!

We can't get the shuttle back
in five days!

It's impossible!

Smalls, never say die.

Nothing is impossible.
Follow me.

It's impossible.

What happened to
"never say die"?

Why don't we just
go and ask Mr. Mertle
to get it for us?

He's the one that left
his gate open so the Great Fear
could get out...

and chase the little kid
and bite him dead!

Forget about it.

Anybody got
any genius ideas?

A mechanical genius. And so,
things started right at the top
of the idea food chain.

Okay. Let's go.

Okay, it's clear.

Okay. We got it.

Apparently I've made
a crucial "mis-assessment"
of the Great Fear.

I've got tons
more toys at home,

but I'm afraid they're no match
for the sort of evil power
we're dealing with.

You wanna get it back,
don't you?

Yeah, but--

She'll be fine.

We'll lower her over
the fence, right on top
of the shuttle.

Her claws'll grab it,
and we'll just
pull her back over gently.

But her claws only come out
when she's scared.

Exactly.

Oh.

Keep on going.

- Stop.

Okay. A little bit farther.

- [ Saul ] We're gonna
get that shuttle.
- We're gonna get it.

Lower her down.

A little bit lower.

I think we got it.

In the movies, this is the part
where the reinforcements
are supposed to arrive.

Supposed to.

- Who's that?
- Want to get that thing back?

You talk to me.

Yeah. I've seen him
around school too.
His dad drives a chopper.

Kid, who are you?

Shh.

They call me the Retriever.

my Frisbee went over
a neighbor's fence.

I retrieved it,
but their dog...

used it as a chew toy
and ruined it.

So I took his name tag.

It's what I do.
I'm a retriever.

The Great Fear
is the ultimate challenge.

No stupid dog
can match my skill.

But there's no way
over that junk wall.

I want that dog tag!

And I'll get
your shuttle back too.

Deal?

Deal.

Close the fence after me,
and no matter what you hear,

no matter what I say,

do not open this board.

Understand?

[ Growling ]

- No matter what.
- Don't worry.
We got it.

[ All Chattering ]
[ Saul ]
We completely understand.

- Hold on tighter.
- [ Penny ] Little higher.
Get the corner.

- [ Saul ] Got it?
- [ Mac ]
Everybody lean against it.

- [ Retriever ]
Okay. Let me out. Hello.
- [ Knocking ]

[ Saul ]
Let him out.
He must have forgot something.

Guys, hurry up.
Let him out.
[ Retriever Groans ]

What part of "no matter what"
did you not understand?

- It won't happen again.
- [ All Chattering ]

[ Retriever ]
Rookies. Amateurs.

Hayley, I got a good
feeling about him.

I think your worries
are over.

No dog alive
can measure up
to that kid.

[ Growling ]
[ Loud Thud ]

[ Retriever ]
Hello. I was kidding.
Aaah! Let me out!

Should we let him out?
I'm not kidding!

- No. You heard what he said.
- You want that shuttle
back, right?

[ Retriever ]
For the love of God!
Help!

Well, keep holding it shut.
Let me out!

[ All Yelling ]
[ Loud Thuds ]

- [ Retriever ] Nice doggy.
Nice doggy. Good puppy.
- [ Growls ]

[ Retriever Yelling ]

[ All Screaming ]

Aaah!

I don't know what
that thing is,

but that's no dog.

What was it?
What's back there?

Some kind of mutated
bigfoot insane dog thing.

I'm officially retiring.

You're on your own.

Good luck,
but you'll never get
that shuttle back.

Um, here's your stuff.

[ Smalls Narrating ]
Nothing we tried had worked.

The Great Fear was,
we thought, clearly aided by
some evil force from beyond.

In other words,
we were out of ideas,
and I was dead meat.

Until Mac had an epiphany.

Which, since it was
such a girlie word,
he didn't have many of,

but this time
it was really important.

I gotta take a ride.
I need to think.

[ Girl ]
Seventy-five cents for a ticket?
That's ridiculous.

[ Tires Screech ]

That's it!

[ Panting ]

We dig. All right.
I'm goin' in.

But if I say pull me out,
you guys better pull me out.

Don't worry.
We got you right here.

[ Smalls ]
Don't worry, Mac.
We got it. Don't worry.

Pull me out!

[ Smalls ]
Sure.
[ Tarqell ] Don't worry, man.

Godspeed, Mac.

[ Grunting ]

Give me my bat.

Here you go.

[ Grunts ]

[ Growling ]

[ Grunts ]

[ Growling ]

[ Loud Thumping ]

Aaah!

Tunnel King, this is base.
What's happening?

- Over.
- [ Static On Walkie-talkie ]

[ Whispers ]
Okay. I see it.
I'm initiating manual evac.

You're what?

I'm gonna reach up,
grab the hook and attach it.

Oh. Yeah. Okay.
Oh!

[ Growling ]

What's that?

[ Rock Thuds ]
[ Growls ]

Hey. I got it.

- I got it.
- Nice!

[ Hook Thuds ]
Oops.

[ Panting ]
[ Loud Thumping ]

[ Thumping Continues ]

What vibrations?

[ Gulps ]

[ Growls ]

Abort. Repeat.

Abort mission.

Abort!

What the hell is that?

[ Yelling ]

Aaah!

[ Growling ]
Aaah!

- Aaah! Aaah!
- [ Growling ]

Aaah!

Aaah!

Get me out of here!
Get me out of here!
Aaah!

[ Yelling ]
Oh! Pull! Pull!

Aaah! Get me out of here!
Aaah!

[ All Yelling ]

[ Growling ]
Come on.

[ Shouting ]

It's coming!
It's coming!

[ Loud Growling ]
[ All Shouting ]

[ Screaming ]

[ Growling ]

[ All Screaming ]

[ Screaming Stops ]

[ Great Fear Panting ]

[ Tarqell ]
What is that?
[ Penny ] What's that smell?

[ Jenny ]
Oh, no.
Johnnie.

Whatever that thing was,

it's worse than anything
you could ever imagine.

It almost killed me.

It was evil.

A good soldier knows
when to surrender.

I'm a good soldier.

And I crapped my pants.

So, Hayley, good luck,

but our work here is done.

Badly, but done.

I just hope your dad
isn't too mad.

[ Farts ]

[ Smalls Narrating ]
It was the lowest point
of the summer.

I had single-handedly destroyed
America's future in space.

But it's when
they're at their lowest point...

that great men
take great action.

I'm really sorry, Hayley.
I'll make sure
I take all the blame.

Can I ask you something?

Sure. I guess.

It's just where's David?

I thought he'd come back.

Because, you know,
I thought he--

Never mind.
Forget it.
It's stupid.

It's not stupid.
He does.

Does what?

Likes you.

He does?
Duh.

Then how come
he never said?

Boys don't do that.
Did you ever tell him?

Could you tell him for me?

Why?

Because he's the fastest boy
I ever saw,

and I thought maybe
he could, you know--

Forget it.
It's stupid.

No. It's not stupid.
[ Bat Thuds ]

Wait here.
I'll be back.

[ Smalls Narrating ]
It was right at that moment...

that I finally put
all the pieces together...

and understood how me
and Hayley and David
were all connected.

Nike was the winged goddess
of victory in Greek mythology.

She sat at the side of Zeus,
the ruler of Olympus.

She inspired the most courageous
and chivalrous warriors
at the dawn of civilization.

David, man,
this is bad news.

[ Smalls Narrating ]
David Vincent Durango
was a chivalrous warrior.

Yeah, David.
Like, it's the baddest.

David, wait.
It was my fault.

I made a big mistake.
You don't have to do this.

Yeah, I do, Smalls.

I have to do this.

Oh, my God.
You're him, aren't you? You're
the little kid from the story.

Just do it.

I'll man the cable.
You guys stay here.

[ Snarls ]

[ Growling ]

[ Growling ]

[ Barking ]

[ Barking ]

[ Growling ]

We got it!
We pulled it over!
Fantastic!

[ All Yelling ]
Whoo!

All right!

[ All Shouting ]
Nice job!
I knew you could do it!

[ Metal Clanking ]

[ Smalls Gasps ]
Look!

Holy crap!

[ Growls ]

What are we waiting for?
Let's roll!

[ Saul ]
Did you see the size
of that thing?

* They get up every morning from
the alarm clock's warning *

* Take the 8:15
into the city *

* There's a whistle up above
and people push
and people shove *

Come on. Throw it in!
* And the girls
who always look pretty *

* And if your train's on time
you can get to work by 9:00 *

* And start your slaving job
to get your pay *

* If you ever get annoyed
look at me
I'm self-employed *

* I love to work
at nothing all day *

* And I've been
takin' care of business *

Daddy! Daddy! Lookit!
It's the Rapid Rocket!

* Takin' care of business
Every way *

- And a horsey!
- [ All Gasp ]

[ Shouting ]

* Takin' care of business
and working overtime
Workout *

* If things were easy as fishing
you could be a musician *

* If you could make sounds
loud or mellow *

* Get a secondhand guitar
Chances are you'll go far *

* If you get in with
the right bunch of fellows *

* People see you having fun
just a lyin' in the sun *

* And tell them
that you like it this way *

* If you ever get annoyed
look at me
I'm self-employed *

* We love to work at
nothing all day *

* And we've been
takin' care of business *

Aaah!

* We've been
takin' care of business *

- Ooh!
- * Takin' care of business *

Oh, shit!

He'll never
outrun that dog!

Oh, yeah, he will!
Let's ride!

[ Barking ]

* All right *

* They get up every morning from
the alarm clock's warning *

* Take the 8:15
into the city *

[ Cape Tearing ]

* People push and people shove *

* And the girls
who always look pretty *

* And if your train's on time
you can get to work by 9:00 *

* And start your slaving job
to get your pay *

* If you ever get annoyed
look at me
I'm self-employed *

Aaah!

* And I've been
takin' care of business
Every day *

* Takin' care of business
Every way *

* Takin' care of business *

* It's all right
Takin' care of business *

* And working overtime **

[ Coughing ]

Oh, my God!
It caved in on him!

He's six feet down at least!
He's gonna suffocate!

The tunnel collapsed!
He's at the bottom!

More like seven feet down!

Keep digging! Dig!
I don't see him!

[ Growls, Barks ]

- [ Mac ] Oh, my God.
- [ Tarqell ] He doesn't
look like he's breathing.

-[ Saul ] Doesn't look too good.
-[ Mac ]
Is he gonna be all right?

[ Grunts, Panting ]

- [ David Coughing ]
- [ Barks ]

Whoa.

[ Growling ]

[ Barks ]

[ Murmuring ]

[ Smalls ]
He's not so bad.

Thanks, uh,

- Goliath.
- [ Smalls ]
He's not so bad.

Like the story.
Yeah.

Of course. Of course.
Oh, yeah.

[ Growling Softly ]

[ Door Opens ]

Hello?
[ Smalls ]
Hello, sir.

We, um, brought
your dog back.

Goliath?
[ Goliath Whimpers ]

- How'd he get out?
- Well, sir, it was my fault.

We kind of
lost something
in your backyard,

and we tried to
get it back, and...

we knocked your wall down.

- You're joking?
- No, sir.

Ten years ago--
summer of '62, I believe--

a bunch of kids
lost a baseball
in my backyard.

They tried everything
to get it back--
all crazy stuff--

because that ball
was priceless.

They made a mess
of my yard,
knocked down my fence,

and all they had to do was
come knock on the door, and
I would have gotten it for them.

- [ Mac ] Great, Smalls!
You almost got me killed!
- Way to go, Smalls.

Good job, Smalls.

But they were scared...

because of some crazy
neighborhood story...

about me being
a mean old man that
raised up dogs to eat kids.

You believe
that nonsense?

So,

what did you lose
back here?

Well, um, just the future of
the United States space program.

Oooh!

That's somethin'.

Now, why didn't you just
come knock on the door?
I would have gotten it for you.

Well, sir, uh--

Yeah. That story about me's
still hanging around, isn't it?

Kind of.
Well, what are we gonna
do about that?

So, you knocked over
my sculpture, huh?

Sculpture?

My wall.
Took me three years
to build that work of art.

Yes, sir.
But we'll fix it.
We promise.

You will, will ya?
[ Smalls ]
Yes, sir.

[ Whimpers, Barks ]

Oh, no!
He's getting away again!

Leave him be. He's probably
going for a visit.

- You kids
all live round here?
- [ Both ] Yes, sir.

I tell you what.

I'll have all this junk
cleaned out of here...

if you come round...

and give Goliath
a walk twice a week.

I don't do that anymore,
and he doesn't get out much.

I wouldn't want him to
turn mean or anything,
you know.

Yes, sir.
We'll walk him for you.

And you gotta play baseball
all summer long so I can
listen to the games.

It's been 10 years since
there was a real good bunch
of players on the sandlot.

And I miss 'em.

And, uh, no more fences.

I'm tired of kids
thinking I'm grouchy.

Deal.

[ Chattering ]
[ David ] Where'd he go?
You better find him, Johnnie.

I'm not chasing that dog
all over town.

[ Smalls ]
He's not running away.
What's he sittin' there for?

- What's he doin'?
- [ Jenny And Penny ]
We knew it.

[ Barking ]

I don't get it.
What are they doing?

Boys. I swear.

He's in love.

[ Growling Softly ]

That's his girlfriend dog.

That's why he's
always wanted to get out.
To visit her.

Oh, yeah.
We knew that.

Yeah, of course.
We knew.

[ Saul ]
Hey, is anybody hungry?
Let's go get some pizza.

Well--

Thanks.
Um, you're welcome.

Oh, so you can talk.

Um, yeah.

[ Smalls Narrating ] So that was
the summer that David taught me
the greatest lesson in life:

that love conquers all--
even your greatest fear.

Mr. Goodfairer never found out
I launched his rocket.

But it didn't matter
because his blueprints
were America's future in space,

not the model of the shuttle.

Goliath and Tiny had
five puppies.

Hayley, Jenny and Penny
each got one for their own.

Mr. Mertle kept two of them.

The Retriever made peace
with his inner demons.
His family moved to Australia,

and he grew up to be the host
of a popular Animal Planet
television show.

Hey.

You wouldn't know
anything about a kid
in this neighborhood,

goes around stealing
dog tags, would you?

No, sir.

[ Gasps ]
Oh, I think I hear
my mom calling me.

Yeah.
[ Chuckles ]

[ Smalls Narrating ] I kept in
touch with most everyone over
the years, and I found out...

that Mac joined the army
after high school.

He got wounded in the Gulf War,
won a Purple Heart
and joined the Peace Corps.

Fingers and his brother Saul
started a record label...

for a new kind of music
called hip-hop.

They named their company
Deaf Jam Records.

Penny and Jenny never did
anything more remarkable...

than the most difficult thing
on earth.

They both raised three kids
and lived happily ever after
with their families.

With the fortune he made
in the music business,

Fingers started
the most successful
gum company on earth.

You know it as
Kissing Booth Bubble Gum.

Tarqell-- Well--

Tarqell was abducted by aliens
on March 21, 1986,

and no one ever
saw him again.

Hayley became a supermodel...

and a pitcher for
the United States
Olympic softball team.

She won two gold medals.

After David defeated Goliath,
he got a nickname.

From then on he was known
as David "Rocket" Durango.

Hayley and David
went all the way through
high school together.

After that,
they went their separate ways.

Ten years after college,
they met again.

At that meeting,
just like the first time...

he had ever had a chance
to talk to her in grade school,

David was so nervous
he couldn't speak.

So she spoke for him,
and she said,

"You're supposed to say,
'Will you marry me?'"

And he did.

Oh, I almost forgot.
I grew up and went to work...

for the Jet Propulsion
Laboratories.

Hey. Rockets are still my life.