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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- 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
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Balancing family, work and pursuing your dreams
My only criticism of this movie is that it's a bit long, as they try to fit two stories into one. Would've been fairly easy to make an entire movie of the first half--a baseball coach who inspires his under- achieving team to rally and win district, then an entirely different movie of the second half--a 30-something science teacher giving himself one last chance to make the big leagues.
For me, this movie is right up there with other great sports movies, such as Hoosiers, Miracle, and Chariots of Fire. Perhaps not quite at that level, but the story is great and definitely inspiring. Even if you're not a baseball fan, you can appreciate the emphasis this movie puts on the realities and pressures that families face every day in balancing work and taking care of the kids. And I love that they bring out the challenges of minor league baseball--long bus rides, very little income, and away from family for months at a time.
My favorite scene is after Jim finishes his tryout and is walking back to his truck, the scout comes up to tell him that he, although almost twice the other kids' age, actually threw 98 mph. The scout tells Jim that if he doesn't call it in he's gonna get fired and that Jim can expect to get a phone call. Just wish he'd throw away the dirty diaper!
For me, this movie is right up there with other great sports movies, such as Hoosiers, Miracle, and Chariots of Fire. Perhaps not quite at that level, but the story is great and definitely inspiring. Even if you're not a baseball fan, you can appreciate the emphasis this movie puts on the realities and pressures that families face every day in balancing work and taking care of the kids. And I love that they bring out the challenges of minor league baseball--long bus rides, very little income, and away from family for months at a time.
My favorite scene is after Jim finishes his tryout and is walking back to his truck, the scout comes up to tell him that he, although almost twice the other kids' age, actually threw 98 mph. The scout tells Jim that if he doesn't call it in he's gonna get fired and that Jim can expect to get a phone call. Just wish he'd throw away the dirty diaper!
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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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