A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 4 nominations
JD Evermore
- Relief Pitcher #1
- (as J.D. Evermore)
Danny Kamin
- Durham Manager Mac
- (as Daniel Kamin)
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- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaThe scene where Jimmy walks out to the mound for the first time at The Ballpark in Arlington was filmed during the seventh inning stretch of a real Texas Rangers game. All of the pitching shots were done after the game.
- GoofsThere's more to the speedometer scene than a guy who can be seen changing the numbers: his first pitch is slow to test that the speedometer works. It immediately pops up '42' without any electronic error/hesitation. So, if the first/left number can show a '4', it should be able to show a '9'.
- Crazy creditsThe two nuns are walking on Jimmy's (Dennis Quaid) field as the film ends.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood's Top Ten: Batter Up! (2011)
- SoundtracksSome Dreams
Produced by The Twangtrust
Written and Performed by Steve Earle
Courtesy of Artemis Records
Featured review
excellent
This was one of the best bio-pics I have seen in years. Dennis Quaid is perfect as Jim Morris, a man who finally gets a shot at his lifelong dream-pitching in the big leagues. He is a high school science teacher/baseball coach whose players make a bet with him:if they win district, he tries out for the majors. You can probably guess what happens next. I found this story made even more powerful by the fact that it was based on a true story.
*** out of ****
*** out of ****
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- mattkratz
- Jul 19, 2002
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Box office
- Budget
- $22,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $75,600,072
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,021,684
- Mar 31, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $80,693,537
- Runtime2 hours 7 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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