The Rookie

[susandennis]

I'm stealing here... kjaz has a nifty movie rating of $8. I'm just stealing it. Just watched The Rookie and I'm giving it a good $7. Maybe even $7.50. Now, you need to like baseball and you need to think Dennis Quaid is cute (not Hugh Grant Gotta Have Him cute but cute).

I remember the story about Jim Morris from four years ago but I didn't know a lot of the details and he did play for a competitor and I wasn't paying attention. So I really enjoyed the movie. And I am soooo ready for baseball season!!

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[susandennis]

Ok, you can have Quaid but I may need to borrow him from time to time when Hugh is not available (like when he's serving time and stuff).

But, if you haven't seen this one, you MUST!!! There's also a piece on the DVD about the actual story that is interesting - I'm going back now to finish watching it.

[jwg.livejournal.com]

We watched it last week and really liked it. It was a great story and well done, I thought. I liked the interplay between his wife and the HS team team he coached. More people should have such support from tehir spouse and their students.

Jim Morris actually pitched for Tampa Bay in 1999 and 2000; so it wasn't long ago. He pitched 15 innings, gave up 13 hits, 7 BB, 8 earned Runs, and of his 45 outs 13 were strikeouts. Not bad for a relief pitcher who debuted at the age of 35.

[susandennis]

One of the fun things was seeing Royce Clayton playing Royce Clayton (and making his major league debut?). Royce was a shortstop on the San Jose Giants team when I had season tickets there. He was very nice to us obnoxious fans.

[edbook.livejournal.com]

found this... did you lose it?

Peace

[susandennis]

You have to know that I laughed loud enough to wake up both cats. They are as annoyed as I am delighted! Hilarious.

[waning-estrogen.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen The Rookie, but my first encounter with Dennis Quaid was way back in The Right Stuff. Been a fan ever since.