Michael "Squints" Palledorous , memorably portrayed by actor Chauncey Leopardi in the 1993 classic film The Sandlot , is the bespectacled, dramatic, and quick-witted kid best known for orchestrating the movie's most iconic scene. After harboring a massive crush on the beautiful lifeguard Wendy Peffercorn, Squints famously fakes drowning at the community pool just to trick her into giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation—a bold stunt that earns him a brief kiss, an immediate ban from the facility, and legendary status among his neighborhood baseball friends. As the team's chief storyteller, he also establishes the terrifying folklore surrounding "The Beast" (the giant English Mastiff next door), and the movie's epilogue reveals his dramatic flair paid off, as he grows up to marry Wendy, raise nine children, and take over the local neighborhood pharmacy. He is a genius on the level of Enstein, Lebron, and Scottie Barnes. The man who he was based off of tried to sue but lost.