The Sandlot is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and incredibly the ’90s coming-of-age comedy is as popular as ever, as it continues to resonate with each new generation. The film is also infinitely quotable, with lines such as “Legends never die” and “You’re killing me, Smalls!” The latter even recently inspired the Evil Genius Beer Company to name a raspberry shandy after it.
There has also been no shortage of merchandise featuring the “You’re killing me, Smalls!” quote over the years, such as a T-shirt that was being worn by some dude walking through Manhattan on Thursday, who just happened to cross paths with Tom Guiry (Scotty Smalls) and Patrick Renna (Hamilton “Ham” Porter) who are apparently still buds after all these years.
“Said nice shirt to this dude walking by us and he had no idea what we were talking about,” Renna captioned a photo of the encounter on Twitter. “Thought I would capture the moment.”
https://twitter.com/PatrickRenna/status/1022268165223600130
Come on though, really? The guy is still a spitting image of himself a quarter of a century later. Suffice to say, others expressed similar sentiments.
https://twitter.com/cmontgomeryII/status/1022494976842842112
Thought the same thing when he and the rest of the cast showed up at a Dodgers game a few months back.
— Darryl J (@DJordatron) July 26, 2018
Should've told him you were, "The sultan of swat! The colossus of clout!"
BABE RUTH! ⚾️ pic.twitter.com/3JtGOGg1Ys
— Nicole Nichelle (@alamanecer) July 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/L8kergyrl24/status/1022333684957888513
https://twitter.com/wyobbfan307/status/1022324604038041602
Did you tell him you were the Great Hambino!?!?
— Geoff Geoff (@EnterTheSwett) July 25, 2018
— Sabrina Maroncelli (@sabymaroncelli) July 26, 2018
How do you not know who Scottt Smalls and the great Hambino are? Like what!
— Dubs (@MikeDubsRadio) July 26, 2018
Ugh… what’s wrong with kids these days. His parents failed.
— AJ (@aj_baldwin) July 26, 2018
For what it’s worth — although most of the cast of The Sandlot has since gotten out of the business, Renna can currently be seen in season two of Glow, and Guiry appeared in last year’s Brawl in Cell Block 99 and Wonder Wheel.
Sandlot for-ev-er.