‘The Sandlot’ Cast: Where Are They Now?

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'The Sandlot' Cast: Where Are They Now?

You're killing me, Smalls! The Sandlot captured the nostalgia of endless summer days centered on a group of neighborhood kids who play a never-ending-game of baseball in 1962. The 1993 film starred Tom Guiry (Scotty Smalls), Patrick Renna (Hamilton "Ham" Porter), Chauncey Leopardi (Michael "Squints" Palledorous), Marty York (Alan "Yeah-Yeah" McClennan), Brandon Quinton Adams (Kenny DeNunez), Victor DiMattia (Timmy Timmons), Grant Gelt (Bertram Grover Weeks), and Shane Obedzinski (Tommy "Repeat" Timmons) playing kids battling it out on the baseball field and going head-to-head with "the Beast," a menacing junkyard dog. The Sandlot became a cult classic and was even recreated by the New York Yankees, who reenacted the famous Babe Ruth scene from the movie in 2015. The movie spawned a 2005 direct-to-video sequel with James Earl Jones as Mr. Mertle as the only returning cast member. It was followed by another direct-to-video sequel in 2007 starring Luke Perry as Tommy "Santa" Santorelli and Leopardi, who reprised his role as Squints. The original cast reunited in 2018 to celebrate the movie's 25th anniversary on The Today Show. "It's been crazy. I mean, it definitely gets you in places for free," York joked. "I can't walk through a Las Vegas casino without someone shouting, 'Yeah-Yeah!'" Renna added: “Seeing these guys, some of them I haven’t seen in 25 years, but it is just like we’re back.” The cast has even started to show the movie to their children with some mixed reactions. Renna said on The Today Show that he played the movie for his son Flynn, whom the former child actor welcomed with his wife, Jasmin, in April 2017. [jwplayer 8YYpO8mu-l3ahXupL] "I showed [my son] the movie for the first time ... and he's really big on Moana," Renna said. Leopardi added that his teenage daughter wasn't impressed with his prior role on The Sandlot. "I think she thinks I'm just kind of a dork, so..." he said. David Mickey Evans, who wrote and directed The Sandlot and its 2005 sequel, revealed in an interview with "The Rain Delay" podcast in 2019 that a TV series starring the original cast is in the works. “I already got all the original cast members back,” he said at the time. “It takes place in 1984, when they’re all, like, 33 years old and they all have children of their own, and that’s all I can tell you.” Scroll down to see where the cast of The Sandlot is today. [podcast_block]

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'The Sandlot' Cast: Where Are They Now?

You're killing me, Smalls! The Sandlot captured the nostalgia of endless summer days centered on a group of neighborhood kids who play a never-ending-game of baseball in 1962. The 1993 film starred Tom Guiry (Scotty Smalls), Patrick Renna (Hamilton "Ham" Porter), Chauncey Leopardi (Michael "Squints" Palledorous), Marty York (Alan "Yeah-Yeah" McClennan), Brandon Quinton Adams (Kenny DeNunez), Victor DiMattia (Timmy Timmons), Grant Gelt (Bertram Grover Weeks), and Shane Obedzinski (Tommy "Repeat" Timmons) playing kids battling it out on the baseball field and going head-to-head with "the Beast," a menacing junkyard dog. The Sandlot became a cult classic and was even recreated by the New York Yankees, who reenacted the famous Babe Ruth scene from the movie in 2015. The movie spawned a 2005 direct-to-video sequel with James Earl Jones as Mr. Mertle as the only returning cast member. It was followed by another direct-to-video sequel in 2007 starring Luke Perry as Tommy "Santa" Santorelli and Leopardi, who reprised his role as Squints. The original cast reunited in 2018 to celebrate the movie's 25th anniversary on The Today Show. "It's been crazy. I mean, it definitely gets you in places for free," York joked. "I can't walk through a Las Vegas casino without someone shouting, 'Yeah-Yeah!'" Renna added: “Seeing these guys, some of them I haven’t seen in 25 years, but it is just like we’re back.” The cast has even started to show the movie to their children with some mixed reactions. Renna said on The Today Show that he played the movie for his son Flynn, whom the former child actor welcomed with his wife, Jasmin, in April 2017. [jwplayer 8YYpO8mu-l3ahXupL] "I showed [my son] the movie for the first time ... and he's really big on Moana," Renna said. Leopardi added that his teenage daughter wasn't impressed with his prior role on The Sandlot. "I think she thinks I'm just kind of a dork, so..." he said. David Mickey Evans, who wrote and directed The Sandlot and its 2005 sequel, revealed in an interview with "The Rain Delay" podcast in 2019 that a TV series starring the original cast is in the works. “I already got all the original cast members back,” he said at the time. “It takes place in 1984, when they’re all, like, 33 years old and they all have children of their own, and that’s all I can tell you.” Scroll down to see where the cast of The Sandlot is today. [podcast_block]

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Tom Guiry

Guiry starred as shy newcomer Scott Smalls, who can't play baseball. Since the film, he has appeared in other small roles on TV and film including, Lassie, Black Hawk Down, Mystic River and The Revenant. Guiry married his wife, Janelle, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in 2009. He currently resides in Trenton, New Jersey.

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Mike Vitar

Vitar portrayed Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez — the oldest kid in the group and the best player on the team. He later appeared in the second and third sequels of The Mighty Ducks as Luis Mendoza and appeared in a 1997 episode of Chicago Hope. He retired from acting later that year and eventually became a firefighter in Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife, Kim, and their three children.

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Patrick Renna

Renna starred in the 1995 Disney film The Big Green and also guest-starred on shows including Boy Meets World, Home Improvement, The X-Files and Boston Legal. Renna and his wife, Jasmin, have one son, Flynn, who was born in April 2017.

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Denis Leary

Leary's career flourished after The Sandlot with the actor appearing in notable TV roles such as Rescue Me and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. His film credits include The Amazing Spider-Man, A Bug's Life and The Ice Age franchise.

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James Earl Jones

Jones reprised his role as Mr. Mertle in The Sandlot 2. He famously voiced Mufasa in The Lion King in 1994 and its 2019 revival. Jones also played the iconic role of Darth Vader in Rogue One in 2016 and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in 2019.

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Chauncey Leopardi

Leopardi appeared in the 1995 films Casper and Houseguest before he portrayed bully Alan White on the teen TV series Freaks and Geeks in 2000. He later had a role on Gilmore Girls from 2003 to 2005. Leopardi reprised his role of Squints for The Sandlot: Heading Home in 2007.

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Marty York

York appeared in a few episodes of Boy Meets World in 1993 before he later appeared on Hey Arnold, The Eric Andre Show and Saved by the Bell: The College Years. His most recent acting credit was on the Showtime series SMILF in 2017.

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Brandon Adams

Adams starred in D2: The Mighty Ducks in 1994. He also had guest spots on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Boy Meets World, Sister, Sister and Moesha. Adams launched his rapping career in 2009.

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Grant Gelt

Gelt ended his acting career after The Sandlot and became an artist manager for bands, including Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. He resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Shane Obedzinski

After previously appearing in the movies My Girl and Matinee, Obedzinski quit acting following The Sandlot. He lives in Florida where he owns and operates a restaurant.

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Victor DiMattia

Since The Sandlot, DiMattia has shifted to more behind-the-scenes work and has served as writer, editor and producer on a number of short films.

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Marley Shelton

Shelton portrayed the lifeguard that the boys couldn't stop swooning over. Since then, she has starred in a variety of films including Nixon, Pleasantville, Never Been Kissed, and Scream 4. She has also guest-starred on an episode of Mad Men, landed the lead role on the 2014 Lifetime series The Lottery and starred in NBC's Rise in 2018.