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Trivia: The child actors got to spend around a month socializing before major filming began, first attending baseball camp in Los Angeles and then relocating to Salt Lake City to live in the same hotel ahead of filming.

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Trivia: The cast for this film was originally meant to be 7-to-8-year-olds. They then decided to age up the cast a little bit since they didn't want children that young to be using some of the language in the script.

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Trivia: The cast reunited, with the exception of Mike Vitar, and were honored at a Los Angeles Dodgers game in 2018 as part of the film's 25th anniversary. They were also honored at a game for the Salt Lake Bees, a minor league affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels (some of the movie was filmed in Salt Lake City).

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Trivia: When the boys vomit after chewing tobacco at the carnival, the tobacco was made from beef jerky and black licorice and the vomit was a mixture of split pea soup and oatmeal.

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Trivia: According to Patrick Renna, every day of filming was between 95 and 100°, except for the day they filmed the swimming pool scene, in which the temperature was only 60°. That is why Squints is shivering when he's about to jump into the deep end.

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