followed a group of teenagers who play baseball at a local sandlot that is next door to the home of an old man and his supposedly vicious English mastiff, known to the kids as The Beast.

Beyond the fence at the back of the sandlot menaces a legendary ball-eating dog called the Beast, and the kids inevitably must deal with him.

and remains my favorite Sandlot quote. For reference, “forever” is the length of time the beast was banished to retirement after being too good at his junkyard dog job. It’s brought to our ...