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unusual facts about The Rookie


Ranger College

Morris' unique journey through professional baseball was depicted in the 2002 Disney film The Rookie.


Paul Burch

Burch's songs have appeared on several film and television soundtracks including The Appalachians, The Rookie, and A History of Violence.

Sônia Braga

Jorge Amado's romantic tale was to be Braga's stepping stone into American cinema after which she moved to the United States where she appeared in such films as The Rookie (1990), Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Milagro Beanfield War and Angel Eyes.

Thorndale Independent School District

The Thorndale ISD, along with the Thrall (Tx) School, was a primary location used in filming The Rookie, the film starring Dennis Quaid about the life story of major league pitcher Jim Morris, who at the age of 35 tried out for and made it to a Major League team (based on a bet with his student athletes that he would try out if they won their district baseball championship).


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Chad Billingsley

Billingsley pitched in 2003 for Ogden of the Rookie Leagues, compiling a record of 5–4 with a 2.83 ERA.

Daly Cherry-Evans

The rookie halfback also proved himself a handy goal kicker and was coach Des Hasler's first choice kicker in the early part of the season, though he relinquished the role to captain Jamie Lyon after Round 10 as he had only kicked 22/40 for just a 62.5% success rate (Lyon would go on to kick 59/80 for the season at 73.75%).

Des Moines Capitols

The same season, Peter Mara was awarded the Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy, as the league's leading scorer and the James Gatschene Memorial Trophy, as outstanding playing ability and sportsmanlike conduct; and Frank Demarco won the rookie of the year.

Game-winning RBI

Wally Joyner, Jose Canseco, and Mark McGwire each had 14 in their rookie years, the rookie record.

Jang Hyo-Jo

However, he lost the Rookie of the Year award to Park Jong-Hoon of the OB Bears, which has been considered one of the most controversial KBO elections of all time.

Jeff Krogh

Competing full-time in the series, he competed in 14 of the 15 events that season, finishing second in both the championship chase and the Rookie-of-the-Year competition to Lance Hooper.

Lucas May

In 2004, May stayed at the rookie level, playing for the Ogden Raptors.

NBS 24/7

Season 3- Attempting to capitalize on the rookie hype for the 2006 season, NBS 24/7 changed its name to NBS 24/7: The Rookies, again traveled with FitzBradshaw Racing and Akins Motorsports, but this time covered their rookies, Joel Kauffman and AJ Foyt IV.

Parkhurst Products

This set "commemorated" the 1966–67 season, which signified the rookie season of Bobby Orr and the final Stanley Cup triumph of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Quinten Lynch

In 2002 he was elevated from the Rookie List after as a replacement for Phil Read, who had sustained a long-term knee injury.

Radek Faksa

Faksa finished his as the rookie leading scorer in the OHL, and finished second in voting for the Emms Family Award, awarded to the top first year player in the OHL behind 15 year old Aaron Ekblad.

Ron Tugnutt

During that time, he won the F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy for the rookie with the best goals against average, followed by the Dave Pinkney Trophy for Top Team Goaltending, and was named to the OHL All Star team in 1987.

The Rookie Bear

The Rookie Bear is an MGM cartoon featuring Barney Bear.

Xavier Paul

He made his professional debut with the Ogden Raptors and was selected to the Rookie League All-Star team after hitting .307 for the Raptors.

Yoo Byung-Soo

In his debut season in K-League, was is widely regarded as one of the best candidates for the Rookie of the Season award but eventually Gangwon FC's forward Kim Young-Hoo grabbed the award.