MLB announces drive-in theater screenings of ‘The Sandlot’ with live games and fireworks for July 4th
There’s no wrong way to celebrate Independence Day, as long as you’re celebrating the United States of America… but let’s be real: some ways are cooler than others.
It looks like MLB may have dropped one of its greatest collaborations ever, especially if you’re a sports fan, a fan of the baseball classic “The Sandlot,” or both.
And I’d like to think most people fall into the “both” camp.
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The 1993 classic “The Sandlot” will be released in select drive-in theaters on July 4th. (Photo: Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)
MLB announced that a handful of drive-in theaters (yes, some still exist) will play the 1993 classic “The Sandlot.”
The film will be shown at drive-in theaters in Vineland, New Jersey; McHenry, Illinois; Blue Ridge, Georgia; and Paramount, California.
This is great. The drive-in theater is a great slice of Americana.
But there is more.
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In addition to some “Ballpark Bites” and food trucks, this is actually a double feature, as each theater’s hometown Major League team’s game that night will be shown at the drive-in.
And if you’re still not convinced that this is Independence Day for America’s greatest 2-5-0, how about some fireworks to top it all off?
Yes, that’s what I thought too.
We need to start doing something more about dual features like movies and games at drive-in theaters. (iStock)
This. Like that. Wonderful.
We need more of this. More sports should double the drive-in features of a classic movie followed by a game.
I’ll be very disappointed if I don’t have a place to go next hockey season to watch “Slap Shot,” “The Mighty Ducks,” or “D2: The Mighty Ducks” and then watch an NHL game. Not in anyone in particular, just in society in general.
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I thought we were better than this.
At least we’re definitely that good on Independence Day this year, and if you’re lucky enough to live near one of those theaters, I think it might be your patriotic duty to load the kids into the wood-paneled station wagon and head out to see it.
