The Rookie
“Sometimes dreams come back to life.”
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
97 people
Dennis Quaid
Jimmy Morris
Known for
The Day After Tomorrow
The Parent Trap
Rachel Griffiths
Lorri Morris
Known for
Six Feet Under
Hacksaw Ridge
Jay Hernandez
Joaquin 'Wack' Campos
Known for
Hostel
Suicide Squad
Beth Grant
Olline
Known for
Donnie Darko
No Country for Old Men
Angus T. Jones
Hunter Morris
Known for
Two and a Half Men
George of the Jungle 2
Brian Cox
Jim Morris Sr.
Known for
Succession
The Bourne Supremacy
Rick Gonzalez
Rudy Bonilla
Known for
Arrow
War of the Worlds
Chad Lindberg
Joe David West
Known for
The Fast and the Furious
I Spit on Your Grave
Angelo Spizzirri
Joel De La Garza
Known for
Underclassman
Groove
Royce D. Applegate
Henry
Known for
seaQuest DSV
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Russell Richardson
Brooks
Known for
Tigerland
Confidential Informant
Raynor Scheine
Frank
Known for
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
My Cousin Vinny
John Lee Hancock Director · Mike Rich Writer Carter Burwell Composer
Worldwide gross $76M · Budget $20M · United States release March 25, 2002
Box office
Budget
$20,000,000
Worldwide gross
$75,597,042
Gross vs. budget
3.8×
Production
Walt Disney Pictures
Production
Gran Via Productions
Production
98 MPH Productions
Production
Walt Disney Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Brazil · March 25, 2002
Limited theatrical
United States · March 25, 2002
Theatrical
United States · August 27, 2002
Physical · DVD
Germany
August 14, 2003 · Theatrical
Ireland
October 11, 2002 · Digital
Japan
October 28, 2002 · Digital
Netherlands
October 11, 2002 · Theatrical
Spain
November 7, 2003 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 11, 2002 · Theatrical
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