Birmingham-Southern's Cinderella story is coming to the big screen.
, you probably had the thought at one time or another that the Panthers' heroics were the stuff of movies.A documentary film crew followed Birmingham-Southern's baseball team around for the last two weeks of the school's existence, Blue Eyes Entertainment executive producer Jason SciaviccoWednesday. Per Sciavicco, the company will put together a feature length-documentary "as soon as possible.
"The story was so pure," Sciavicco said. "Here’s a group of kids playing D-III baseball, and their school is closing. They were 13-10 when they found out their school was closing . How easy would it have been to mail it in? Instead, they finished the season 25-4 and went on a run." The final push landed the Panthers in the Division III College World Series, which began the day the century-old liberal arts school officially shut down. After losing 7-5 to Salve Regina in the first round, Birmingham-Southern rallied past Randolph-Macon 9-7 with a walk-off home run.
The Panthers fell 11-10 to Wisconsin-Whitewater in the second round on yet another walk-off home run, but their story appears destined to live on in baseball lore.Patrick Andres has been a Staff Writer on the Breaking & Trending News Team at Sports Illustrated since 2022. Before SI, his work appeared in The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword, and Diamond Digest. Patrick has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game.
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