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The Sandlot is a 1993 American coming-of-age sports comedy film written, directed, and narrated by David Mickey Evans (co-written by Robert Gunter). Features Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna (Ham), Chauncey Leopardi (Squints), Karen Allen, Denis Leary, and James Earl Jones as Mr. Mertle. The 1993 movie The Sandlot is not strictly a true story, but it is loosely inspired by real-life childhood memories of its co-writer and director, David Mickey Evans. While the movie is set in the summer of 1962, Evans actually grew up in the San Fernando Valley during the 1970s.

The Sandlot is a 1993 American coming-of-age sports comedy film written, directed, and narrated by David Mickey Evans (co-written by Robert Gunter). Features Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna (Ham), Chauncey Leopardi (Squints), Karen Allen, Denis Leary, and James Earl Jones as Mr. Mertle. The 1993 movie The Sandlot is not strictly a true story, but it is loosely inspired by real-life childhood memories of its co-writer and director, David Mickey Evans. While the movie is set in the summer of 1962, Evans actually grew up in the San Fernando Valley during the 1970s.