Boston Red Sox
01:00 AM EST on Thursday, March 25, 2004
An upcoming documentary about the agony and ecstasy of the 2003 Boston Red Sox season has footage from Fenway Park, the clubhouse and the front office.
It just doesn't have a name yet -- and that's where the members of Red Sox Nation come in.
"We've been in such a race to get this ready as a curtain raiser for the 2004 season that we haven't even had time to finalize the movie's title," the film's producer, Bob Potter, said yesterday. "Since the fans are what this movie is all about, we thought we'd enlist them -- and their highly personal opinions of the Sox -- to help us come up with a name."
Fans can log onto the Red Sox Web site until 11 a.m. today to vote for their favorite title from among four choices: "Another Season," "Fenway Blues," "Red Sox Blues" and "This Is the Year."
The documentary, scheduled to open in Boston on May 7 and go wider in following weeks, chronicles the relationship between the baseball team and its fervent fans.
"Though I've been a lifelong sports fan, I've never seen such an intense involvement between players and viewers and between a team -- anywhere, of any sort -- and its fans," said Jeff Sackman, president of THINKFilm, which is releasing the documentary.
The film follows last season, from spring training to the American League championship series, in which the Sox were five outs away from beating the rival New York Yankees in Game 7.
Instead of having a shot at winning their first World Series since 1918, they ended up losing, 6-5, in 11 innings.
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