Title 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. Tagline Sometimes dreams come back to life. Genres Drama, Family Keywords father son relationship, baseball, sports team, sport, life's dream, growing up Production Companies Walt Disney Pictures, Gran Via Productions, 98 MPH Productions Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 127 Release Year 2002
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 76 million USD