The Sandlot
Hero Journey of Scotty Smalls
Hero Journey of Scotty
Smalls
The Ordinary World
• Scottie Smalls
ordinary world is
with his mother at his
house, building
erector sets, and
staying in the house
all day. Scottie
NEVER gets into
trouble or gets dirty
outside.
Call to Adventure
• Scotty Smalls
followed boys to the
Sandlot after school
one day and decided
this was his perfect
chance to make new
friends and go
outside and play
baseball.
Refusal to Call
• When Scotty goes down
to the Sandlot and tries to
throw in a baseball that
boy hit in the outfield.
Scottie realizes that he
doesn’t know how to
throw or catch. The
Sandlot boys make fun of
him. Scottie goes back
home thinking that he
doesn’t fit in and doesn’t
belong playing baseball
at the sandlot.
Supernatural Aid
• Benny is Scottie Smalls’
supernatural aid. When
Scottie tried to fit in the
boys at the sandlot, but
failed, Benny came over
to his house and asked
him to play at the Sandlot
with the team. Benny was
willing to teach Scottie
how to play baseball.
Crossing the Threshold
• When the Benny brings Scottie
to the Sandlot to meet the
team. Scottie gets harassed for
not knowing who Babe Ruth
was. The kids make fun of him
but they give him a chance to
show them if he can play
baseball. Benny set Scottie up
in left field and told him to
stick out his glove and close
his eyes. Scottie did just that
and Benny hit the ball right
into Scottie’s glove. All Smalls
needed was some confidence.
In the Belly of the Whale
Smalls learns about a
huge dog that lives on the
other side of the
Homerun line. Scottie
hits his first homerun
with a signed baseball by
Babe Ruth over the fence
into the vicious dog’s
yard. Now Scottie is
going to be in huge
trouble if he doesn’t get
the ball back, but at the
same time there is know
way in any ones right
mind that he can get the
valuable ball back.
The Road of Trials
• To get the ball back Scottie and the rest of the Sandlot team has to go
though a series of trials to get the valued Babe Ruth autographed
baseball back. The first thing the boys try to do is primitive. They tried
using a stick to roll the ball out of the Beast’s yard. This was totally
ruined when the Beast bit the stick in half. The second time was also a
failure. The boys tried to tie a pot around a metal post. This also was
ripped in half. The boys realized the powerful jaws of the beast. The
third time they tried getting the priceless piece of time back, the boys
used vacuums and tried sucking the ball throw a tube and a catcher’s
mask. Again, it was a failure due to the Beast pinching of the pipe
blowing up three vacuums. The forth time came to an end when they
sent Yea Yea, a sandlot boy, over the fence by a pulley system. This
went totally wrong. The Beast got right in Yea Yea’s face and the
mission a turned into failure. There were no more ideas. The day came
to a close as a failure.
The Meeting with the Goddess
One night when Benny, the All-Star player
on the Sandlot team, had a dream about
the signed ball and Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth
came to him though his closet. The Babe
told him that Benny has to go over the
fence and “pickle” the Beast. He also told
Benny that “Heroes get remembered, but
legends never die.” Benny made up his
mind that night, he would pickle the Beast
the next day.
The Woman as Temptress
The next day after
Benny had his dream
with the Babe, it was
time for him to pickle
the Beast. The beast is
the temptress because
he is stopping Benny
and especially Smalls
from getting what
they are wanting.
Atonement with Father
• When Benny is ready to
hop the fence and run
down the Beast for the
Babe’s John Hancock, he
uses his PF Flyers to
make him overcome the
fear of the Beast. PF Flyers
guaranteed to make a boy
jump higher and run faster.
Benny believed this and
so did all the rest of the
Sandlot Boys.
Apotheosis
• Once Benny hopped
the fence into the
Beast’s yard he stared
down the Beast. At
that moment he was
facing off with the
Beast, with no fear.
The Ultimate Boon
• When Benny is in the beast yard the Beast
dares him with the ball. The beast drops
the ball out of his mouth basically saying,
“Come and get it kid. You’ll never beat
me.” Benny doesn’t take taunts. Benny ran
towards the ball, slid, got up, and took off
the opposite way and hopped the fence
and landed on the other side.
Refusal to Return
• When Benny hops the
fence and lands on
the other side of the
fence the boys cheer
as if it the ordeal was
over. It wasn’t even
close. The Beast hops
the fence and goes
after Benny.
Magic in Flight (The Chase)
• When the Beast
jumped over the fence
and went after Benny
the Magic in Flight
began. Benny had the
ball and the Beast
wanted it back. Benny
ran although town
tying to juke the
Beast.
Crossing the Return Threshold
• Benny finally told the boys to meet him at
the Sandlot, that is exactly what he did.
He came back to the Sandlot and the Beast
was nipping on his heals and eating his
shirt. He finally gets back realizing that
the Beast was staring at his face. All of a
sudden the fence fell on the Beast. The
Beast was finally defeated.
Master of Two Worlds
• When Benny comes back with the
ball he is congratulated and
Scottie Smalls is ecstatic, but they
have to give the dog back to Mr.
Mirdel, the mean old owner.
Scottie goes to the door and give
the Beast back to his owner. The
owner turns out to be a really
nice blind man that played
baseball when he was younger.
He played with the Babe and he
told Scottie that he was in deep
trouble because he knew who the
ball was signed by. The old man
traded a ball of all the 1913
Yankees to Scottie for the beat up,
half eaten ball that the Beast had
kept as a toy. Now the Boys
know that they can go over and
get a ball whenever they loose a
ball and that the beast turned out
to be a nice dog that just wanted
to be played with.
Freedom to Live
Scottie Smalls and Benny the Jet
both get what they want when
they get don’t with the whole
ordeal of the Babe Ruth signed
ball. Scottie didn’t get in a lot
of trouble and became a sports
announcer. Benny got what he
wanted and became a
professional baseball player.
They both learned that some
things in life are not what they
seem. The also leaned that they
should leave valuables
alone…like a Babe Ruth
autographed baseball worth
more than your life.