The Rookie
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.
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Cast
Marco Sanchez
as Sanchez
Randall Wallace
as Texas Oilman
Gary Teague
as Baseball Fan
Chris Sheffield
as Catcher
Chad Lindberg
as Joe David West
Mark Falvo
as Reporter
Beth Grant
as Olline
Blue Deckert
as Baseball Scout Dave Patterson
Brian Cox
as Jim Morris Sr.
Raynor Scheine
as Frank
Robert Lewis
as Steve Dearborn
Russell Richardson
as Brooks
Christine Wolf
as Restaurant Patron
Trevor Morgan
as Young Jimmy
David Blackwell
as Cal
Cynthia Dorn
as Esther
Cam Banfield
as Jimmy's Brother
Jay Hernandez
as Joaquin 'Wack' Campos
Danny Kamin
as Durham Manager Mac
J.D. Evermore
as Relief Pitcher #1
Rachel Griffiths
as Lorri Morris
Rick Gonzalez
as Rudy Bonilla
Brian Shoop
as Durham PR Director
Richard Dillard
as Devil Rays Manager
Angus T. Jones
as Hunter Morris
Julio Cesar Cedillo
as Relief Pitcher #3
Dennis Quaid
as Jimmy Morris
Brandon Smith
as Orlando Manager
Royce D. Applegate
as Henry
Beau Holden
as Orlando Heckler
