The Rookie (2002)
Blue Deckert: Baseball Scout Dave Patterson
Quotes
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Dave Patterson : Jimmy, how fast were you throwing fifteen years ago?
Jimmy : Slow enough to where scouts stopped using the word "fast".
Dave Patterson : Seriously, how fast were you throwing?
Jimmy : I don't know... 85-86?
Dave Patterson : You just threw 98 miles an hour.
Jimmy : Nawww!
Dave Patterson : Twelve straight pitches, three radar guns. Same thing on all of 'em.
Jimmy : Look, Dave, there's no way...
Dave Patterson : Jimmy, I've been a scout for a long time, and the number one rule is, arms slow down when they get old. Now, if I call the office and tell 'em I got a guy here almost twice these kids' age, I'm gonna get laughed at. But, if I don't call in a 98-mile-an-hour fastball, I'm gonna get fired! I'm just saying there's a chance you might get a call on this.
[turns to leave, then turns around]
Dave Patterson : You figure out what I saw out there today, you let me know.