On the movie “Rookies” who is the actor portrayed the role of Jimmy Morris?”
James “Jimmy” Samuel Morris (born January 19, 1964 in Brownwood, Texas) is a former American professional baseball player known for his brief Major League Baseball career. He spent most of his childhood moving to different cities. According to his autobiography, he began playing baseball at the age of three. After the Vietnam War his father became a recruiter for the United States Navy and his family settled in Texas. He attended Angelo State University but as his school did not yet have a baseball program, he played football, but he never gave up on his dreams of becoming a professional baseball player. Originally selected 465th overall in the January 1982 amateur baseball draft by the New York Yankees but did not sign, Morris would then be later selected fourth overall in the January 1983 amateur baseball draft by the Milwaukee Brewers and signed with the organization. He suffered several arm injuries in the minor leagues, and was released during the 1987 season. He caught on with th
The Rookie is a marvelous movie, excellent in every way.It features a compelling story that is all the better for being true.It features small-town values, a dedicated public educator, dreams deferred and regained, opportunity and good fortune, love, reconciliation, and pure job.It has an Oscar-worthy performance from Dennis Quaid as Jimmy Morris. … There’s a scene early in The Rookie where the car carrying the young Jimmy Morris to Texas makes a turn and shows the road ahead, a green prairie, brilliant in the sunlight. http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Morris_Jim_82530156.aspx Actor Dennis Quaid has had his ups and downs in career and personal life. He was totally hot in the late 80s, worked in the 90s (remember him as the hottie dad in the re-make of The Parent Trap?) He has continued to work but had bouts with drugs and drink and then wife Meg Ryan left him for Russell Crowe (but we know how that tur
