An enjoyable family film for baseball fans

Rating: 8/10 (6 July 2002)

This movie was very good, a nice job from the cast in telling the true story of Jimmy Ray, who made the relief pitching squad of the Tampa Devil Rays as a rookie in his mid 30's. The young men who appear as his high school team he coaches all portrayed their parts well. Dennis Quaid is a fine actor who sadly does not get much in the way of lead roles in theatrical films these days. A G rated film like The Rookie is proof that Hollywood can make a good family film-inoffensive to no one. Mr. Quaid also shows he should be given more roles in the movies, no one would rate him up there with some of the current big names-but he should be. Check this film out for good old entertainment the way Hollywood used to make them.
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