Rookie

The heart-wrenching true story of an MLB pitcher’s last-ditch attempt to join the major leagues, now a major motion picture starring Dennis Quaid.

“A story that’s easy to love.” —The New York Times Book Review

“A triumphant underdog story.” —Publishers Weekly

As a lonely child, Jim Morris took one thing with him wherever his family moved—his ability to hit and throw a baseball. For Jim, the passion of becoming a major-league ballplayer was his anchor and inspiration . . .until injuries and life got in the way.

A decade after Jim walked away from the minors and began a life of fatherhood and mortgage payments, he made a promise to the hardscrabble high-school team he coached: If they could win their local championship, he would try out again for the big leagues. They did—and he did. Now, in this wondrous, heart-tugging book, Jim Morris tells the story of his remarkable life and his amazing journey to the Big Show at the age of thirty-five . . .and how he finally fulfilled his childhood dream.

“Astonishing. . . . Morris’s accomplishments [are] just as amazing as those of the Hall of Famers.” —Austin American-Statesman

“Amazing. . . . Don’t ask how. Don’t ask why. . . . Just go tell somebody about it.” —Los Angeles Times

Formerly published as The Oldest Rookie.