If you don't have dreams, you have nothing. - "Mind Pitcher"
Today's recommended film "Mind Pitcher" is directed by John Lee Hancock and starring the famous American actor Dennis Quaid, and is based on real events. The prototype of the film is the american professional baseball legend Jim Morris, his dream when he was a child was to play the american professional baseball, but the whole process experienced various difficulties and obstacles, until the age of 35 through the draft into the dream league, became the oldest rookie in the past 30 years of the mlies, he also wrote a memoir "The Oldest Rookie" based on his own personal experience. Let's walk into this movie together
As a young man, Jim loved baseball and was a very good pitcher. But because his father often had to move for work reasons, Jim had a hard time playing safely, and eventually they settled in Great Lakes, Texas. However, people there loved baseball much less than American football, and his father repeatedly expressed his disapproval of playing baseball.
After injuring his shoulder during a team trial, Jim's pursuit of his dream came to a temporary halt. He studied, owned his own family, and worked as a teacher at a school in the town of Great Lakes. Out of deep affection for baseball, he formed a baseball team at school, but the results have not been ideal. In order to boost the morale of the team, Jim, who was now 35 years old, made a bet with the players: if the team could win the varsity league championship, he would go to the professional baseball draft.
Through the joint efforts of everyone, the team miraculously won the championship. In order to fulfill his promise and for the long-buried dream in his heart, Jim participated in the professional baseball draft. Jim, who did not have much expectation of himself, actually threw 98 miles of ball speed, which was comparable to the top level of professional players, which not only stunned the scouts on the scene, but also deeply touched Jim himself, he knew that his talent was still there, and the flame in his heart was burning again. Eventually he received invitations from several minor league teams.
After arguing with his family and struggling with his heart, he chose to stick to his unfinished dreams and joined the small league team under the Manta Rays, becoming the oldest rookie in the history of professional baseball. Due to his outstanding performance, Jim was soon called by the Major League. The 35-year-old actually won the moment he stepped onto a major league court. Jim's experience vividly illustrates "Boys will grow old, but dreams won't!" ”
Finally, I would like to give you a word: no matter how realistic the reality is, we must keep the dream in our hearts, and be brave enough to pursue it, how late it is not too late!