It’s clear from the first time we meet Scotty (Tom Guiry) that he and his stepdad Bill (Denis Leary) are still awkwardly navigating the start of their father-son relationship. It’s sweet and a little ...

The Savannah Bananas served up a little Ham in a recent game. Patrick Renna, who starred as Ham in 1993’s “The Sandlot,” suited up for the baseball team during its game May 31 in Anaheim, California.

“You’re killing me, Smalls!” turned The Sandlot actor Patrick Renna into a household name. His character, Hamilton “Ham” Porter, or the Great Hambino, if you will, was a titular character in the ...

I think I realized for the first time that I was overweight when I was eight years old. I was not a child who paid much attention to the shape of people’s bodies until around then. These same things ...

For anyone who grew up in the early ’90s, The Sandlot is more than just a baseball movie. The movie was full of funny kids, and among the most memorable characters were Hamilton “Ham” Porter, the ...

You’re still killin’ me, Smalls. Twenty-five years later, watching you and Benny and Squints and Ham play baseball on The Sandlot is as fresh today as it was then. And maybe a little more necessary.