The Rookie

A real-life story of Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid) who had to drop out of minor league baseball because of an injury to his pitching arm. Twelve years later, inspired by the young men on the high school team he coaches, Morris is convinced to fulfill his own dream and try out for a professional team. With perseverance and confidence, he finally steps up to the plate, and after his pitching is clocked in the high nineties, he is signed to a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and soon after, moving onto his lifelong dream - the major leagues.