The Boston native — aka Ham from “The Sandlot” — talks Dorchester Little League, North End pasta, Big Papi, Dustin Pedroia and more.

“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 ...

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.

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.’” ...