The Rookie

Release Date: 2002-03-25

Overview: Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet proves incentive enough for the team, and they go from worst to first, making it to state for the first time in the history of the school. Jim, forced to live up to his end of the deal, is nearly laughed off the try-out field--until he gets onto the mound, where he confounds the scouts (and himself) by clocking successive 98 mph fastballs, good enough for a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Jim's still got a lot of pitches to throw before he makes it to The Show, but with his big-league dreams revived, there's no telling where he could go.

Rating: 6.815 / 10

Cast

Dennis Quaid

as Jimmy Morris

Rachel Griffiths

as Lorri Morris

Jay Hernandez

as Joaquin 'Wack' Campos

Beth Grant

as Olline

Angus T. Jones

as Hunter Morris

Crew

Mike Rich - Writer
John Lee Hancock - Director
Carter Burwell - Original Music Composer
Gordon Gray - Producer
Ronna Kress - Casting

Reviews

r96sk:

A cracking sports drama about the career of Jim Morris. Absolutely loved this, the 127 minute run time flew by real quick; thoroughly enjoyable. It portrays, with extra drama I'm sure, the events o...