10 Behind-The-Scenes Secrets of The Sandlot

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4. Squints in Real Life
Playing the ultimate middle-school nerd, Squints, proved to be as out-of-character for actor Chauncey Leopardi as it was for Guiry to pretend not to know how to play baseball. Guiry described him as he really was-“He was into gangster rap. He’d wear the nerdiest clothes and the thick glasses [as Squints] and as soon as they would call “wrap,” he’d be in humungous jeans down to his knees and a backwards hat. He was hilarious, a great dude.”