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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.

Sometimes dreams come back to life.

Genres: Drama, Family

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths

Released: March 25, 2002

Runtime: 127.0

Popularity Rating: 10.991

98 MPH Productions, Gran Via Productions, Walt Disney Pictures

United States of America

Jimmy Morris Dennis Quaid
Lorri Morris Rachel Griffiths
Olline Beth Grant
Hunter Morris Angus T. Jones
Jim Morris Sr. Brian Cox
Joe David West Chad Lindberg
Joel De La Garza Angelo Spizzirri
Joaquin 'Wack' Campos Jay Hernandez
Rudy Bonilla Rick Gonzalez

Directing — Director: John Lee Hancock
Writing — Writer: Mike Rich