Beginning

In the beginning, a boy named smalls struggles to learn to catch and throw a ball becasue his father had died when he was young and his step father never really taught him, so when the opportunity to play with the boys at the sandlot was in front of him, he hesitated but was convinved. After failing in front of everyone, he was embarresed and wanted to leave and not come back, but the same boy convinved him to stay and taught him how to throw and catch. The next day, after they were all playing together again, one of the boys hit the ball over the fence, and they all stopped playing instead of getting the ball back.