The Rookie

“Sometimes dreams come back to life.”

Jimmy Morris (Dennis Quaid) wants only to get through another semester teaching chemistry and coaching a losing baseball team in small-town Texas. His shoulder ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Then his players make a deal: win the district championship, and he tries out for a major-league club. John Lee Hancock films the dugouts and dusty ballfields plainly, letting the story carry the weight.