TY - ADVS AU - Ciardi,Mark AU - Gray,Gordon AU - Johnson,Mark AU - Rich,Mike AU - Hancock,John Lee AU - Quaid,Dennis AU - Griffiths,Rachel AU - Hernandez,Jay AU - Cox,Brian AU - Grant,Beth AU - Jones,Angus T. AU - Gonzalez,Rick AU - Schwartzman,John AU - Beason,Eric L. AU - Burwell,Carter ED - 98 MPH Productions. ED - Gran Via (Firm) ED - Walt Disney Pictures. ED - Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm) ED - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) TI - The rookie SN - 0788838334 AV - PN1995.9.B28 R66 U1 - 791.43/72 22 PY - 2002///] CY - [United States] PB - Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment KW - Morris, Jim, KW - Baseball coaches KW - Drama KW - Pitchers (Baseball) KW - Béisbol KW - Teatro KW - bidex KW - Feature films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Baseball films KW - lcsh KW - Biographical films N1 - Information from pre-release promotional materials; release date: Aug. 27, 2002; Inspired by the real-life rookie, Jim Morris; Special features: Audio commentary by Dennis Quaid and directo John Lee Hancock; "The inspirational story of Jim Morris"; Spring training: tips from the pros; deleted scenes introduced by the director; Cinematography, John Schwartzman ; editor, Eric L. Beason ; music, Carter Burwell; Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Brian Cox, Beth Grant, Angus T. Jones, Rick Gonzalez, Chad Lindberg, Angelo Spizzirri; MPAA rating: G; dvd; deseret book N2 - When a shoulder injury ended his minor league pitching career twelve years ago, Jim Morris resorted to the next best thing: coaching. But Jim's team, knowing their coach is a great ball player, makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, they want Jim to try out for a major-league organization. Going from worst to first, the team makes it to state, and Jim is forced to live up to his end of the deal. While there prove to be a lot of pitches to be thrown before he makes it off the mound, big-league dreams are revived, and there's no telling where he could go ER -