The Rookie (2002)

Blue Deckert: Baseball Scout Dave Patterson

Quotes 

• 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.