457 reviews
Drama/Family
2h 7m
2002
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...

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.
- DirectorJohn Lee Hancock
- Release25 March 2002
- Genre
- Duration2h 7m
- Budget$20,000,000
- Revenue$75,597,042
- Rate457 reviews
- Productions
Walt Disney Pictures, Gran Via Productions, 98 MPH Productions
Cast

Dennis Quaid
Jimmy Morris

Rachel Griffiths
Lorri Morris

Jay Hernandez
Joaquin 'Wack' Campos

Beth Grant
Olline

Angus T. Jones
Hunter Morris

Brian Cox
Jim Morris Sr.

Rick Gonzalez
Rudy Bonilla

Chad Lindberg
Joe David West

Royce D. Applegate
Henry

Russell Richardson
Brooks

Raynor Scheine
Frank

Chris Sheffield
Catcher

Brandon Smith
Orlando Manager

Trevor Morgan
Young Jimmy

David Blackwell
Cal

Blue Deckert
Baseball Scout Dave Patterson

Danny Kamin
Durham Manager Mac

Marco Sanchez
Sanchez

Cynthia Dorn
Esther

Robert Lewis
Steve Dearborn

Beau Holden
Orlando Heckler

Cam Banfield
Jimmy's Brother

Brian Shoop
Durham PR Director

Richard Dillard
Devil Rays Manager

Randall Wallace
Texas Oilman

J.D. Evermore
Relief Pitcher #1

Mark Robert Ellis
Relief Pitcher #2

Julio Cesar Cedillo
Relief Pitcher #3

Mark Falvo
Reporter

Gary Teague
Baseball Fan

Christine Wolf
Restaurant Patron
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