<P> In the San Fernando Valley during the summer of 1962 , Scotty Smalls is the new boy in the neighborhood , seeking desperately to fit in . He would be welcomed on the local sandlot baseball team that practices every day , which only has eight players . Smalls however , can not play baseball ; on his first visit to the sandlot he finds himself in the outfield with a fly ball descending toward him which bounces off his glove , causing the other boys , except Benny `` the Jet '' Rodriguez , the team 's leader , to burst out laughing . Smalls , humiliated , leaves the baseball field . </P>
<P> In the San Fernando Valley during the summer of 1962 , Scotty Smalls is the new boy in the neighborhood , seeking desperately to fit in . He would be welcomed on the local sandlot baseball team that practices every day , which only has eight players . Smalls however , can not play baseball ; on his first visit to the sandlot he finds himself in the outfield with a fly ball descending toward him which bounces off his glove , causing the other boys , except Benny `` the Jet '' Rodriguez , the team 's leader , to burst out laughing . Smalls , humiliated , leaves the baseball field . </P>
where is the sandlot supposed to take place
where is the sandlot supposed to take place
the San Fernando Valley
the San Fernando Valley