His step-dad was away and maybe he just wanted to grab a ball real quick and that was where he knew a ball was. I mean it was kinda necessary for part of the movie. And no this movie was not for adults. This is a family movie for people of all ages.

They played catch weeks earlier. If you think about it, it's highly likely that Smalls and his friends had already used and lost the ball he and his step dad played with earlier in the summer.

I think it's a great point though. It's better than most of the terrible posts on here

Of the millions of people who saw this movie, over two generations and countless platforms, you are the only one to overthink it so much as to bring up this question.