The Rookie
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.
Year: 2002
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures, Gran Via Productions, 98 MPH Productions
Director: John Lee Hancock
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Beth Grant, Angus T. Jones, Brian Cox
Crew: Mike Rich (Writer), John Lee Hancock (Director), Carter Burwell (Original Music Composer), Gordon Gray (Producer), Ronna Kress (Casting), Barry Robison (Production Design)
Runtime: 127 minutes
Release: Mar 25, 2002
IMDb: 6.80/10 by 446 users
Popularity: 16
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 20
Revenue: 75
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