this effort be base on the true story of jim morris and a high school science teacher or baseball coach and who be inspire by his player to try out for the pro and fulfill his life long dream of play in the major . dennis quaid and no stranger to sport film and play morris with enough conviction to make the part work and the producer do a credible job of recreate the real world event that lead to morris brief stint a a relief pitcher for the woefull tampa bay devil ray . the first half of the film and deal with his rag tag bunch of high school baseball player ( all of whom look way too old to actualy be in high school ) be less effective and probably a bit too long . overall the film do suffer from some pace issue and a few extra subplots that we probably could have do without . however and it be still a fairly involve movie with an inspirational theme that prove once again that baseball be the national pastime for a reason . grade represent b .