What was Ben's (Jimmy Fallon) profession in "Fever Pitch"?

In Fever Pitch, Ben Wrightman, played by Jimmy Fallon, is a schoolteacher. His profession is central to the film’s contrast between his ordinary working life and his extraordinary devotion to the Boston Red Sox.

Ben teaches at a school in Boston and meets Lindsey Meeks, played by Drew Barrymore, during the winter. Because baseball is in its off-season, Lindsey initially believes Ben is a fairly conventional, dependable man. His personality changes dramatically once the Red Sox season begins, revealing how intensely he organizes his life around the team.

The 2005 film is an American adaptation of Nick Hornby’s 1992 memoir Fever Pitch and the 1997 British film based on it. The original story centered on English football, but the remake moved the obsession to Major League Baseball and the Red Sox.

The character is sometimes described simply as a “teacher,” which is accurate. More specifically, Ben is portrayed as a school teacher, often identified in summaries as a high-school or junior-high teacher. The key distinction is that he is not a professional baseball player or sports reporter.