What is the role or Jim Morris tampa in the movie bay devil?
Jim Morris was the feel-good sports story of 1999, when at 35 he became a rookie pitcher for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Morris was a science teacher and baseball coach in a Texas high school when, urged on by his students, he attended a Devil Rays tryout. When Tampa Bay scouts found that he could throw the ball 98 MPH, they signed Morris to a minor league contract. Late in 1999 he was called up to the major league club and made his unlikely debut against the Texas Rangers. Morris pitched in 21 games for Tampa Bay in 1999 and 2000 before shoulder surgery ended his 2000 season; he retired with a sore shoulder while in spring training with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2001. He co-wrote a 2001 book about his experiences, titled The Oldest Rookie, and his story was made into a 2002 feature film, The Rookie, starring Dennis Quaid as Morris. Sources: http://www.who2.com/jimmorris.
