The Rookie (2002)

03/25/2002 2h 7m

Sometimes dreams come back to life.

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Dennis Quaid

as Jimmy Morris

Born 04/09/1954, age

Rachel Griffiths

as Lorri Morris

Born 12/18/1968, age

Jay Hernandez

as Joaquin 'Wack' Campos

Born 02/20/1978, age

Beth Grant

as Olline

Born 09/18/1949, age

Angus T. Jones

as Hunter Morris

Born 10/08/1993, age

Brian Cox

as Jim Morris Sr.

Born 06/01/1946, age

Rick Gonzalez

as Rudy Bonilla

Born 06/30/1979, age

Chad Lindberg

as Joe David West

Born 11/01/1976, age

Raynor Scheine

as Frank

Born 01/19/1942, age

Brandon Smith

as Orlando Manager

Born 08/13/1952, age