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From "The Sandlot" to storytelling, actor Patrick Renna shares why baseball, friendship and nostalgia inspired his first kid's book.

“I think being a dad and having two young boys made the idea of writing a kid’s book a no-brainer ... Renna famously played Ham in The Sandlot — a film famously based on a group of ...

More than three decades after “The Sandlot” swung for the fences ... threw the script at me dramatically and said, ‘This is yours, kid. Get off book. You’ve got an hour.’” ...

These are just a few of the characters that filled out the raucous but talented roster of team players of The Sandlot ... the young stars to be themselves. Kids are going to be kids after all.

From "The Sandlot" to storytelling, actor Patrick Renna shares why baseball, friendship and nostalgia inspired his first kid's book. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.