"You play ball like a GIRL!" - Hamilton "The Babe" Porter
Middle-schoolers always have the best insults. When the ragtag group of kids from the sandlot face off against the rich boys whose parents have the money to put them on a real baseball team, it sort of goes without saying that there are going to be some choice words exchanged between them. They have a classic showdown, filled with all the nastiness and scatological humor that only a group of 12-year-old boys could pull off. They're standing in the dirt, trading some truly gross insults, until finally Hamilton "The Babe" Porter spits out, "You play ball like a GIRL!" Immediately, everyone's jaws drop comically and their eyes bug out. The leader of the rich kids is stricken speechless; he blinks twice, trying to think of a comeback, but nothing comes to mind. This is the worst possible thing you could say to a person, and they don't know how to respond to it. The conversation is over.
Audrey Fox is an ex-film student, which means that she prefers to spend her days in the dark, watching movies and pondering the director's use of diegetic sound. She currently works as an entertainment writer, joyfully rambling about all things film and television related. Add her on Twitter at @audonamission and check out her film blog at 1001moviesandbeyond.com.
