Random Movie Trivia - The Sandlot

Because Animal House was so full of fun trivia, I decided to split it up into two posts.  So, here is the next edition in our weekly Random Movie Trivia post.  Enjoy:

The Sandlot

• The younger and older actors who played Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez are actually brothers, Pablo and Mike Vitar.
• There were three dogs that played Hercules.  All three were English Mastiffs, a smaller one was used for the chase scene, a medium one for random stuff, and a large one for any scenes where the dog is standing still.
• In the scene where the boys go on the carnival ride and are using chewing tobacco, they actually used bacon bits and licorice.  However, the scene took 30 takes and about halfway through shooting, a couple of the kids actually threw up.
• In the movie, Denis Leary's character adores the Yankees and owns a baseball signed by Babe Ruth. In real life, Leary is from Boston and is an avid Red Sox fan and hates the Yankees (like most normal people).
• When Mr. Mertle (James Earl Jones) shows the boys a picture of himself with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, they actually superimposed James Earl Jones' head onto Hall of Fame player Jimmie Foxx's body.
• There wasn't much trivia for this movie, but I decided to do it anyways because it is fellow Brainfart contributor Alex's favorite movie.

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