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Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Rookie (2002)
Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid) is a high school baseball coach who made a promise to his team. Win the District Championship and he would chase his dream once again and try out for a Major League Baseball Team. We'll they won. He was the best pitcher in the game about 25 years prior, until he blew out his shoulder. He could still play as it turns out and eventually gets his chance in the pros.
--Steve Polizzi, Resident Scholar


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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 1980's-1999
Kind of sports story: - baseball
Sports story? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - coach
Age: - 40's-50's
Hair color? - blonde
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average
Events of movie makes character more... - aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
Small town? Yes
Misc setting - sports arena

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Movie makes you feel... - spiritual
Any profanity? - None
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