10 Questions about The Rookie | Movies

Answer: Jim Morris

Jim Morris pitched a total of 15 innings in 21 appearances for his two years in the Major Leagues. He had no wins, losses or saves in any of his games and ended his career with an ERA of 4.80.

Answer: Big Lake, Texas

Jim Morrison was born on January 19, 1964 in Brownwood, Texas and moved around quite often due to his father's career in the military before finally settling in Big Lake. Even though the movie calls the school where Jim teaches and coaches at as Big Lake High School, in reality, it's call Reagan Co. High School.

In some of the actual high school games, the team would score 30 runs but the producers of the movie did not want to include that fact and show the games as being close for dramatic effect. People credit the turn around in their success to facing Jim Morris in batting practice because he did not realize he was throwing the ball up to the plate at 90+ MPH.

Answer: Trevor Morgan

Trevor Morgan played the role of young Jimmy although he was uncredited for it. Other movies that Trevor Morgan has appeared in are "The Patriot", "Jurassic Park III", and "The Sixth Sense". Since Trevor is right handed he had to learn to throw the ball left handed to simulated Jim Morris.

Answer: Brian Cox

Brian Cox was the first actor to portray the character of Dr. Hannibal Lector in the 1986 movie "Manhunter".

Answer: Wack

Wack was his nickname and he was played by Jay Hernandez.

Answer: False

That scene was added for dramatic effect. The film was not filmed in west Texas but in Throndale Texas which is Northeast of Austin.

Answer: Texas

Lorri was played by Rachel Griffiths whose other credits include "Hillary and Jackie", "Blow" and "Muriel's Wedding".

Answer: Durham Bulls

He was playing for the Durham Bulls, which were the inspiration for the movie "Bull Durham". The stadium that was used for scenes shot for the minors was Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas, home of the Round Rock Express which is co-owned by Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan.

Answer: Jim Morris runs out of the wrong bullpen

On September 9, 1999, Jim Morris made his debut in a night game at The Ballpark in Arlington where he struck out Royce Clayton. Therefore, the error is that he ran out of the wrong bullpen. They show him running out of the bullpen in right field but the visitor's bullpen at The Ballpark in Arlington is actually in left field. Also, the scenes in which they show him in the bullpen talking to his wife would have been the Ranger's bullpen also.

Another error was when they show the cab driving up to bring him to The Ballpark in Arlington - it was driving on the wrong side of the road.

A couple of other errors are Gabe Kapler batting for the Rangers even though he wouldn't become a Ranger until the 2000 season and the Rangers wore blue uniforms instead of the red ones they wore in 1999.

Answer: Strikeout

In Jim Morris's first appearance, he struck out Royce Clayton at The Ballpark in Arlington.