The Sandlot Heading Home Lessons

I often find myself thinking about high school - about my friends, my classes, and especially, the sports that I used to play. I often think about whether or not it was even worth it for me to wrestle, run cross-country or play tennis; I don’t necessarily use the skills that I learned in those, and the other sports that I played when I was younger. Am I who I am in some way because of those sports? William Dear, the director of The Sandlot: Heading Home, the third in the trilogy, makes an interesting argument for the importance of taking the lessons learned from sports played in your youth to help you become a better, more well-rounded adult. The film focuses on Tommy Santorelli, a professional baseball player, who cares for no-one but himself, …show more content…
This arrogant professional baseball player, Tommy Santorelli, seen in the opening of the film as a good-hearted boy, has seemingly having lost his way; however, he soon has the opportunity to revisit his own childhood and reflect on his own ego with the help of his great mentor: his childhood baseball coach. Tommy has lost his way. The love of his life is now his ex-fiance, he has two children that don’t really know him, and the sandlot boys have drifted apart. Towards the middle of the film, Tommy faints after being hit by a ball, injuring his head, and in the process, wakes up, transported to his own past. It is here that Tommy begins to reflect on his own past - and, he once again meets Benny Rodriguez, his youth coach who used to tell Tommy that he had a shot at the professional level, and that he was impressed with Tommy’s confidence. But, as Tommy now remembers, he also taught him that while Tommy had talent, there was more to talent than just