Clueless fan takes photo with 'Sandlot' stars — not realizing they’re on his shirt

Twenty-five years after its release, The Sandlot is still a beloved kids’ sports film, and its signature line — “You’re killing me, Smalls!,” delivered by Patrick Renna’s Hamilton “Ham” Porter to Tom Guiry’s Scotty Smalls — remains its most memorable moment. When Renna and Guiry recently ran into a fan wearing Sandlot T-shirt citing that oft-quoted exclamation, they had to take a picture with him — especially because, as it turned out, the kid didn’t know who they were.

As Renna explained in the below tweet, which has quickly gone viral, he and Guiry were walking down a Manhattan street two days ago when they passed a young man wearing a “You’re killing me, Smalls!” T-shirt. When they complimented on him on it, and he failed to put two and two together — this despite the fact that Renna looks very much like his 12-year-old self — they had to snap a photo:

Suffice it to say, Twitter respondents had fun teasing the young man’s cluelessness in distinctly Sandlot-ish fashion:

Let this be a warning to fans worldwide — if you meet people whose image is featured on your clothes, and you take photos with them despite not realizing who they are, prepare to be mercilessly heckled on social media.

Watch: Five things you didn’t know about The Sandlot, including casting changes, legal battles, and the story behind James Earl Jones’s character:

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