The Rookie (2002)6.9 /10

Storyline:  Jim Morris, a Texas high school chemistry teacher and baseball coach, promises his team he will attend a professional tryout if they win the championship. At 39, years after an injury ended his playing dreams, he rediscovers his pitching arm. Signed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, he climbs from the minors to the majors. Based on a true story.