Title: The Rookie

Date: 2004

Media type: Film

Format: Clip

Category: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas

Keywords: professional responsibilities

Rating: G

Audience(s): Children Under 12, High School Age, College Age, Adults, Families

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: From IMDB: “A middle aged Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.”

Clip Description: The first one is where the dad (Dennis Quaid) goes to a major league baseball tryout to pitch. He waits and waits in his truck with his children. He ends up changing a dirty diaper on the bed of the truck as they are calling him up to pitch. The next scene is him pitching over and over for the coach and managers and it shows how fast he pitches.

Additional Clip Description: The second clip is one where the dad (Dennis Quaid) goes by his father’s house to tell him about the tryouts and they have an interaction. The third clip is at the end of the movie when the dad’s (Dennis Quaid) father shows up at the end.

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Contributor: Kevin M. Green