Patrick Renna and Danielle Fishel Reunite The Sandlot Cast for Dugout Dads, a Little League Parents Comedy: Podcast

Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | More Platforms Patrick Renna knows there’s nothing quite like youth baseball for turning otherwise functional adults into complete maniacs. That realization became Dugout Dads, his new nine-episode YouTube comedy that reunites Renna with several of his The Sandlot castmates while bringing longtime friend Danielle Fishel off the bench. Speaking with Kyle Meredith, Renna and Fishel explain how a Little League championship meltdown sparked the idea, why they chose to fictionalize themselves rather than make a Sandlot sequel, and how an independently funded short-form series could eventually grow into something much bigger. Listen above or wherever you get your podcasts. The lightbulb went off for Renna while coaching his own kid, after watching parents react to a championship loss as if civilization itself had just ended. “All the parents were crying on each other’s shoulders, kicking over water coolers, yelling at the umps,” he recalls. Meanwhile, “the kids were playing tag five seconds later like they couldn’t care less.” Adding his old Sandlot teammates turned the premise into something more irresistible, though Renna is care...