Jim Morris
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James Samuel Morris Jr. (born January 19, 1964) is an American former professional baseball player best known for his brief Major League (MLB) career.
Early life
Morris was born in Brownwood, Texas, but the majority of his childhood was spent in different cities because his father was in the United States Navy. Morris lived in New Haven, Connecticut, Great Lakes, Illinois, and Jacksonville, Florida, all throughout his childhood. At the age of three, he began playing baseball. Jim Sr., his father, became a Navy recruiter. Olline Hale, his father and mother, have resided in Brownwood, Texas. He attended Brownwood High School but not because Brownwood didn't have a baseball program, he played football for the Lions from 1979–82, winning the state championship as a wingback, punter, and kicker with Gordon Wood as a head coach.
Personal life
Morris was married to Lorri Morris from 1988 to 2000, and the couple have three children, Hunter, Jessica, and Jaimee. He later married Shawna Morris in 2002, and the couple have one daughter, Chelsey. Morris has travelled around the world to tell people how he fulfilled their dream and that they will be able to fulfill their own.
Career
Morris was originally selected 466th overall in the New York Yankees' amateur baseball draft in January 1982, but he did not sign. He was picked fourth overall by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1983, fourth overall, and he has since joined the team. He suffered with multiple arm injuries in the minor leagues, missing all of 1986. He was released after four appearances in 1987, but never having progressed beyond the single-A minor leagues.
Morris joined the Chicago White Sox team in 1989 after being out for almost 40 years. Arm injuries and ineffectiveness limited him to only two games, and he was also unable to progress beyond the single-A leagues before being released.
Morris and his five-year-old son and his five-and-a-year-old daughters attended Big Lake, Texas, where he became a physical science teacher and baseball coach at Reagan County High School, having been unable to do anything about his work. Morris had won 17 victories, 22 losses, and a 5.13 earned run average in 270 innings pitched at this point.
Morris continued to teach Reagan County High School for the next decade. Morris made a promise to his teammates that if his team lost the District Championship, he would try out for Major League Baseball, something the team had never achieved before. Morris kept his end of the bargain by attending a Tampa Bay Devil Rays tryout. Morris was not interested in him, but he gave him a try out solely to encourage Morris to keep his word to his players. Morris discovered that despite his age and multiple surgeries on his arm, he was able to throw 12 straight 98-mph fastballs. Morris began a professional relationship with the Devil Rays organization at the age of 35 following a lot of discussion with his family. He started with the AA Orlando Rays and then jumped right into a position with the AAA Durham Bulls. Tampa Bay, who had solid pitching success with Durham, gave him a chance to pitch with the Rays as the rosters were expanded in September. The 35-year-old Morris made his debut against Royce Clayton of the Texas Rangers on September 18, 1999, knocking Clayton out on four pitches. He made four more appearances later this year.
Morris made 16 major league appearances in 2000, when his arm pains resurfaced. He made his final appearance at Yankee Stadium on May 9, 2000. With the bases loaded, he began a tie game in the 10th inning and sent Paul O'Neill, his first batter, to a game-ending RBI walk, which was released by the Rays. He wasn't the losing pitcher in the game, as the runner who scored on the walk was not tagged with the loss. Morris hasn't won or lost in any of his major league appearances.
Morris was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers in December 2000 to a minor-league contract, but the Los Angeles Dodgers cut him during spring training. He was 0–0 with an ERA of 4.80 and 13.13 strikeouts at the end of his major league career.
Morris' book The Oldest Rookie has been published. He appears on occasion as a motivational speaker. In 2020, Morris released Dream Makers, his second book. It is about his life in the 20 years since Major League Baseball's dissolution.
In 2002, Disney released The Rookie, a Disney feature film about Morris's rise to play in MLB. Dennis Quaid's film portrays him. In the film, Morris cameos as Orlando Umpire #2.