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.
Movie tag line: "Sometimes dreams come back to life."
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Character: Jimmy Morris
Character: Lorri Morris
Character: Joaquin 'Wack' Campos
Character: Olline
Character: Hunter Morris
Character: Jim Morris Sr.
Character: Rudy Bonilla
Character: Joe David West
Character: Joel De La Garza
Character: Henry
Character: Brooks
Character: Frank
Character: Catcher
Character: Orlando Manager