The Sadlot Around these parts, every year when Summer comes around it means two things; Halloween prep time is here and time to watch The Sandlot. To this day, I have yet to be proven wrong on the following statement: The Sandlot is the best Summer movie ever made. It's greatness is unparalleled and there are many reasons why it's such an amazing cinematic feat. I could spend pages writing on what makes this such a great movie that still holds up but everyone has a personal reason on why they enjoy it. I will say one of the things I enjoy about the movie is it's nostalgia factor. The early 60's in the valley never looked so good, sucks about the last half of that decade though. This then got me thinking on whether this movie would work in present day, and the answer is absolutely not. Aside from the fact that a smartphone would instantly tell Smalls who Babe Ruth is and prevent the whole movie from ever happening, there are a couple things that would alter or e