Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Episode 109 will have you feeling like a spring chicken as Tim sits down with the ultimate under(and older)dog, Jim Morris. Baseball fans will recognize the name right away, and so will movie buffs. The 2002 movie The Rookie is based on Morris’s return to baseball after a “career-ending” injury and a career change to become a teacher and coach. Dennis Quaid played the role of a small-town high school coach who made a deal with his underdog team; win the district, and he would try out for the big leagues.
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Keith Rahe is perhaps the most important name related to the Field of Dreams brand after Kevin Costner and W.P. Kinsella. Keith lived right next to the site where the movie was filmed. And when the actors and crew were gone, Keith Rahe kept the Ghosts alive.
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Tim tells the story of how the Kent Buccaneers, a baseball team made up of Englishmen, Scots, and Irishmen, sent out a tweet looking for opponents to play in August in Dyersville, IA. Somehow that tweet came across Tim’s phone in April. And like Ray Kinsella himself, Tim was on a mission to prepare for a baseball game.
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Joe lived the moment that every little leaguer dreams of. Not just a game on the line, but a world championship, and he rose to the occasion. This week, Tim dissects that moment as well as Joe’s impressive career, faith, the Strike of ‘94, and a homer off of fellow Moonlighter, Iowa State University’s Dave Flattery.
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