Overview - The Rookie

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.

Cast

• Name: Dennis Quaid

  Character: Jimmy Morris

  Popularity: 2.1118

  

• Name: Rachel Griffiths

  Character: Lorri Morris

  Popularity: 1.8027

  

• Name: Jay Hernandez

  Character: Joaquin 'Wack' Campos

  Popularity: 2.0457

  

• Name: Beth Grant

  Character: Olline

  Popularity: 0.7139

  

• Name: Angus T. Jones

  Character: Hunter Morris

  Popularity: 0.6498

  

• Name: Brian Cox

  Character: Jim Morris Sr.

  Popularity: 2.1396

  

• Name: Rick Gonzalez

  Character: Rudy Bonilla

  Popularity: 0.7863

  

• Name: Chad Lindberg

  Character: Joe David West

  Popularity: 0.8822