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'The Sandlot' turns 23 today, millennials everywhere confront mortality

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You're killing me, Sandlot.

'The Sandlot' — a film firmly entrenched on the pantheon of movies millennials will defend to the point of irrationality (alongside 'Space Jam,' 'Mean Girls' and OG Disney Channel originals) — was released on April 7, 1993. Today is the movie's 23rd birthday — if, you know, you can equate emerging from the birth canal with a box office release.

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23 years old. Today. Like, 'The Sandlot' is old enough that going to bars isn't even novel anymore; it's moved on to breweries, to turning to its nearest friend, craft beer in hand, exclaiming in a half-whisper, "I think I finally found a place that fits my vibe, man.