It almost was. When the tall, quiet man, whose remarkable story is retold in the movie The Rookie, was last in Detroit, it was as a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the spring of ...

Jim Morris' poorly told story of his beginnings ... The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on desktop, ...

Liane talks with Jim Morris, who tells his remarkable story in a new book, The Oldest Rookie: Big League Dreams from a Small Town Guy. (9:50) (NOTE: The Oldest Rookie is published by Little, Brown).

Jim Morris recalls the magical evening he made his debut as a major league pitcher--a turning point in the life of the 38-year-old lefty and one that is re-created in the new true-life baseball ...

ST. PETERSBURG — Louis Head is not Jim Morris, who was 35 and 10 years removed from the minors and into his second career as a high school teacher and coach when he signed with the Devil Rays in ...

For those unaware, the Disney movie is based on the true story of Jim Morris, who, at the age of 35, finds lighting in his left arm and becomes a big-league reliever for Tampa Bay.