The Rookie
2002 · 127 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 38,048 VOTES · DIR. John Lee Hancock
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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00:00:38 ODIE OWNZ!!! Man: There's a story told in the town of Big Lake, Texas --
00:07:08 I don't have a choice in this.
00:15:21 Counselor.
00:19:32 Yeah.
00:24:38 Usually get three or four out here every night.
00:29:04 I'm gonna take back two of them old ones if that's okay with everybody.
00:33:38 Just... [ Sighs ]
00:39:07 Maybe he's not home.
00:43:38 [ Metal squeaks ]
00:47:35 # There's just a slow turnin'... #
00:53:12 [ Panting ]
00:56:52 Yes!
01:01:26 # Try and play the role and then the whole crew will act up #
01:06:37 Daddy, you can be X's this time.
01:11:19 You just threw 98 miles an hour.
01:15:32 [ Rain falling ]
01:22:32 No. I don't think so.
01:29:50 Blue!
01:34:21 nobody'd say nothing --
01:38:53 He is really old -- too old to be in the minors --
01:44:22 [ Water bubbling ]
01:50:37 Me too.
01:54:49 You're in!
02:01:34 So, how did it feel