Our celebration of the 25th anniversary of The Sandlot continues here at RSVLTS HQ, where we’ve recently added The Sandlot Bobblehead Short Sleeve Shirt and the Benny the Jet Short Sleeve Shirt to the Sandlot Collection and the more we delve into the favorite film from our childhood, the more…
June is here and that means summer is just around the corner. In other words, it’s time to start planning your swimming pool strategy. When it comes to knowing what to wear, we have you covered right here at the RSVLTS store with Hari Mari Sandals to keep you from…
Summer is just about here and that means we’ll soon be spending a lot more time at the pool. Or at least we’ll be spending more time sneakily watching movies with great swimming pool scenes that we can lose ourselves in while actually suffering through another summer locked up at…
Everybody loves pizza. For centuries, mankind has gone to incredible lengths to snag a piece of cheesy perfection. Kublai Khan, the great Mongol Emperor, was only spurred to establish trade routes with Europe after Marco Polo brought him an extra large supreme with garlic crust. Hell, we here at RSVLTS…
The Lonely Island, aka Andy Samberg and those two other dudes who made all those funny songs on SNL, are back with a new track celebrating their Bay Area heroes. Samberg and his bandmates Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone will be headlining the Clusterfest comedy festival in San Fransisco later…
Canadian oil workers first brought Crown royal to Texas nearly 60 years ago, at a time when Crown Royal was not available outside of Canada. Texans loved the Canadian whisky and Crown Royal gratefully paid back the Lone Star State over the years by donating to local hurricane and wildfire…
The Aloha shirt, more commonly known as the Hawaiian shirt, is a short-sleeved, collared, all-over print shirt that originated in Hawaii (duh) in the 1930s. The style caught on quickly with locals, surfers and tourists all buying up the shirts as fast as they could be produced. Following World War…
The Sandlot isn’t just a perfect baseball movie, it’s a perfect movie all around. The classic coming-of-age film celebrates camaraderie both on the diamond and in all facets of life — whether it means making an ass of yourself with your buds at the fair or coming together to save…
For more than a decade, LA’s Gallery1988 has been a mecca for purveyors of pop culture-influenced art — and with how nostalgia-obsessed we millennials are, that means big business. Some of the most popular works exhibited have been from illustrator Cuyler Smith, who is best known for creating retro trading…
With both The Sandlot and Rookie of the Year celebrating 25th anniversaries in 2018, we’ve been watching baseball flicks — and talking about baseball flicks — quite a bit here at RSVLTS HQ. And when it comes to baseball movies, there are basically two players who are almost always featured:…
Just one glance at our very own RSVLTS x The Sandlot Collection is enough to tell you that we are gigantic fans of the classic 1993 coming-of-age film. And while The Sandlot is a heartwarming slice of Americana served up with a dollop of good ol’ fashioned baseball, it’s also…
The Sandlot, the classic coming-of-age/baseball flick released way back in 1993, has been receiving a ton of attention lately in recognition of the 25th anniversary of its release. And we’ve certainly done our part here at RSVLTS HQ — for proof look no further than our very own Sandlot Collection.…
For hundreds of years, people in England enjoyed various stick and ball games that eventually made their way to America and evolved into baseball. But even so, when the first officially recorded baseball game was played on June 19, 1846, right here in Hoboken, New Jersey, there still wasn’t a…
May 19 marks World Whiskey Day, a day where everyone is invited “to try a dram and celebrate the water of life.” While that’s no different than any other day for those who already enjoy whiskey, World Whiskey Day is the perfect time for those who don’t usually opt for…
From the 1930s into the ’70s, PF Flyers was one of the most popular brands of athletic footwear in the country. Interest in the brand was renewed when a pair played an integral part in 1993’s The Sandlot, helping Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez pickle the beast: Last year, the prayers…
Richard Overton was born in Bastrop County, Texas on May 11, 1906. Overton was already 34 years old when he enlisted with the United States Army in 1940. He served in the South Pacific from 1940 through 1945, including stops in Hawaii, Guam, Palau and Iwo Jima, before returning to…
We ’90s kids have known that The Sandlot is the greatest baseball movie ever since it first hit theaters way back in 1993. For proof, look no further that our very own RSVLTS x The Sandlot Collection. But now that the seminal coming-of-age classic is celebrating it’s silver anniversary, it…
Just about everyone knows that Rocky’s dog Butkus, who appeared in both the original film and Rocky II, was portrayed by Sylvester Stallone’s very own 140-pound bull mastiff. But Butkus, who passed away in 1981 after suffering a heart attack, wasn’t the only pet Rocky received from his beloved Adrian;…
For more than 6000 years, humans and dogs have been the best of friends. And it’s because we love dogs so much and see them as our greatest allies that the notion of evil, bloodthirsty dogs who would rather eat our spleens than engage in a rousing round of fetch…
Thirty years ago, Good Morning, Miss Bliss premiered on the Disney Channel, introducing the world to Zack Morris, Lisa Turtle and Screech, students at John F. Kennedy Junior High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. Thirteen episodes later, it was canceled. But the following year, NBC rebooted the series, moving the setting…
Saturday, May 5, 2018 marks the 144th annual Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky. Now unless you’re a millionaire horse breeder, you probably don’t actually keep up with the sport of horse racing. But even if you don’t know an exacta from a trifecta, Derby Day can be a ton of…
Everyone loves pizza. Hell, we here at RSVLTS HQ love it so much, we put it on our Pizza Party Short Sleeve Shirt. And the only thing better than pizza is free pizza. Luckily for our waistlines, free pizza isn’t a thing for the majority of us. But thanks to…
Sure, The Sandlot is a heartwarming coming-of-age classic, but the 1993 film also taught ’90s kids some of the most savage insults they ever heard. Just take a look at this scene: The only problem is the whole “you play ball like a girl” bit. Unfortunately, that group of boys…
Diageo, the multinational alcoholic beverage company behind such iconic brands as Smirnoff, Crown Royal, Johnnie Walker, George Dickel, Bulleit, and Guinness, started the Orphan Barrel Whiskey Distilling Company in an effort to “rescue” forgotten barrels of whiskey and share them with the ever-growing ranks of whiskey enthusiasts. Back in December,…
Seinfeld fans will remember that Elaine’s on-again, off-again boyfriend David Puddy, portrayed by Patrick Warburton, was a huge fan of the New Jersey Devils NHL team. So much so, in fact, that he would paint his face and body to “support the team.” Fast forward a couple decades to 2018…
If you have spent any amount of time on the internet, you have probably come across the name Samuel Whittemore and the perennially viral photos of a monument dedicated to him in Arlington, Massachusetts, like this one: Of course, if you’ve spent any amount of time on the internet, you…
If you purchased the recently released The Sandlot 25th Anniversary Collector Edition Blu-ray, the inclusion of 10 custom Topps baseball cards featuring the characters from the film probably swayed your decision to do so. But if you missed out because you didn’t want yet another release or because you just…
On Monday night, the Washington Nationals celebrated their biggest comeback win since 2016 when they bested the New York Mets 8-6 thanks to an impressive eighth inning that saw the Nats score six runs. But more than the win, what everybody is talking about today is the very first run…