What happened to the children of “The Sandlot” 30 years later? The lifeguard still steals sighs

Sports movies often have great motivational messages or talk about friendship, like the 1993 classic “The Sandlot” (“Our Gang” in Spanish) which shows the best summer in the life of a group of kids.

The film follows the boys in the summer of 1962, when they are joined by a new boy. Between their antics, pool time, and hours of baseball, they face their biggest challenge when they lose an autographed Babe Ruth ball.

Directed by David Mickey Evans, “The Sandlot” is a wonderful story of friendship and growth that many people in the 90s loved when they saw it in movies and on television. Today, 30 years after its premiere, we tell you what happened to its cast.

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Tom Guiry is Scotty Smalls in “The Sandlot”

The new boy who moves into the neighborhood with his mom and stepdad is Scotty Smalls (played by Tom Guiry) and thanks to Benny he learns to play baseball and be more social.

Tom Guiry made his film debut in this film and has remained an actor ever since, albeit in small roles. Among them are ‘Lassie’, ‘The Mudge Boy’, ‘Yonkers Joe’, ‘CSI: Miami’, ‘Black Hawk Down’ and ‘The Revenant’.

In 2018, the actor told People that he is still an actor but has few roles because he is a father of three and also works at the Whole Foods chain to support his family.

Mike Vitar is Benny “El Jet” Rodriguez in “The Sandlot”

Benny in the movie is the most talented of all in baseball and also the only one who believes in Smalls and takes him in to teach him how to play and be one of them in his gang.

Mike Vitar looked like he was going to be a huge star in the 90s, appearing in ‘D2: The Mighty Ducks’ (1994) and ‘D3: The Mighty Ducks’ (1996). However, in 1997, he quit acting after appearing in “Chicago Hope” and wanted to become a real firefighter.

In December 2015, NBC News reported that he and another firefighter were charged with a felony for beating a man. Vitar received three years of probation, 90 days of community service and 6 months of probation.

The enforcer has maintained a life out of the limelight since the 90s and is dedicated to his family with his wife since 2007, Kym Vitar, with whom he shares 3 children (two boys and a girl).

Chauncey Leopardi is Michael ‘Squints’ Palledorous ‘The Sandlot’

Squiints achieves in the film what all his friends have only dreamed of, he hatches a perfect plan to kiss lifeguard Wendy while pretending to drown. Although he later knows he was wrong and has a good relationship with her.

Chauncey Leopardi’s bespectacled kid in the movie kept his own acting for a few years and appeared in ‘The Big Green’, ‘The Opposite of Sex’, ‘Freaks and Geeks’, ‘Gilmore Girls’ and ‘The Sandlot’: Directed to the house ‘.

The actor also shared the screen with ‘Casper’ boyfriend Devon Sawa in 2019 in the music video for Logic and Eminem’s ‘Homicide’. But since 2007 he has been away from the screens to focus on being a father.

Marley Shelton is lifeguard Wendy “The Sandlot” (“Our Gang”)

The boys in the film are all in love with Wendy, the beautiful lifeguard who in her red bathing suit and sunscreen watches over the local pool. Squins in particular is the one who has a big ‘crush’ with her.

The actress who won the audience and stole the sighs of cinema is still in Hollywood and has appeared in ‘Warriors of Virtue’, ‘Never Been Kiss’, Bubble Boy, ‘Planet Terror’, ‘Uptown Girls’, ‘Scream 4’ and “Anode”.

In her latest work, the 48-year-old actress appeared in 2021’s ‘Scream 5’ as Sheriff Judy Hicks and is currently appearing in the Paramount+ series ‘1923’ as Emma Dutton.

Patrick Rena as Hamilton “Ham” Porter in “The Sandlot”

One of the characters that won over the audience was Ham with his cheerful personality and very expressive face, as well as the one who stands up for his friends when they play against the town’s children’s baseball team.

The role of Patrick Rena in “The Sandlot” was the first of his career and since then he has not stopped acting continuously. His credits include “Fear, Inc.,” “CSI,” “Bones,” “The Closer,” “Bones” and Netflix’s “GLOW.”

In July 2020, he shared on Instagram that he became a father for the second time and does not hesitate to show his love for the film that launched his career, after recreating a famous scene in 2021 with everything and the same clothes.

Brandon Quintin Adams is Kenny DeNunez “The Sandlot” (“Our Gang”)

The most famous of the gang’s child actors was Brandon Quintin, because before his role as Kenny he had already appeared in “Moonwalker” (1988) with Michael Jackson and “The People Under the Stairs” (1991) and ” The Mighty”. Ducks’ (1992).

After the film, the actor continued his career by appearing in ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’, ‘Boy Meets World’, ‘Sister, Sister’ and ‘Moesha’. however, in the early 2000s he got a big break.

Since then, he has only had a few credits as a voice actor, such as in the video game ‘Kingdom Hearts II’ (2005) and as a narrator in the film ‘The Resort’ (2021). After all, in 2009 he started his career as a rapper.

Marty York as Alan ‘Yeah-Yeah’ McClennan in ‘The Sandlot’

Like many of the cast, Marty York got his first role in this movie, where he plays one of the guys in the group who always says “Yeah-Yeah” before anything (hence his nickname).

‘The Sandlot’ was his most famous role, but he also appeared in ‘Saved by the Bell: The College Years’, ‘Boy Meets World’, ‘Hey Arnold!’, ‘The Eric Andre Show’, ‘SMILF’, “Great. Bois’ and ‘Paparazzi X-Posed’.

From being one of the thinnest kids, the actor has focused on health and fitness. In December 2021, York appeared in an NBCLX documentary about his life and discussed how he survived a life-changing car accident.

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