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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
— The Sandlot · 1993
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is the film's creed: heroes get a statue, legends get passed on. The Babe's words give Benny the nerve to do what no kid has done, and the movie then spends its last minutes proving them right by turning the Beast into a mascot. Fans reach for it on memorials and for anyone in sport or life who is still talked about long after.
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In context
Spoilers for The SandlotShow the scene
Scotty has borrowed his stepfather's baseball signed by Babe Ruth and hit it into Mr. Mertle's yard, where the Beast keeps everything that goes over the fence. After the boys' catapult plan fails, Benny dreams that night that Babe Ruth, played by Art LaFleur, appears to him. The Babe tells Benny to hop the fence and take the ball back, and as he fades he says there are heroes and there are legends, and this line. Benny wakes up, says he has had a dream and tells the others to get dressed. At the sandlot he hears the line again in his head, in the Babe's voice, as his friends beg him not to try.
Sources (2)
- The Sandlot (1993) transcriptBenny's dream, then the sandlot before the jumpReference checked
- The Sandlot, Wikipediaplot and castReference checked
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