SIDEWAYS GLANCE NOT JUST ANOTHER HALO VICTORY CELEBRATION.

Byline: - Tom Hoffarth

--The goods: The official 2002 World Series highlight video/DVD, by Major League Baseball Productions and Q-Video.

--The cost: $19.95

--The release: In stores Tuesday, can be ordered online at MLB.com and by phone at 1-800-BASEBALL

--The scoop: These kind of annual productions tend to follow a form - the dramatic music over the slow-motion, zoom-in clips, etc. But as you watch this, consider the monumental task trying to mesh all these elements together in a documentary fashion that's also entertaining.

There is video to choose from not just from Fox's telecast, but the MLB crew on the scene at every game. There's audio not just from the network, but each team's radio broadcast, as well as ESPN. And there are fresh sit-down interviews with all important players, managers and coaches after each game that are spliced in. Add to that the right choice of music and a voice-over narration that has to glue it all together.

And get it done a few weeks after the last out is recorded.

With those deadlines, this is one very thorough, impressive highlight compilation that retells a story Disney probably wouldn't have believed if presented in script form.

In about an hour and a half, this ``Heaven In Seven'' entitled production recaps the regular season and playoffs before it retakes viewers through each game of the World Series and recaps important moments with extended video and analysis. Even with all the drama, nothing is overlooked - including a meeting the San Francisco Giants' J.T. Snow has with comedian Robin Williams, who congratulated him on the ``save'' of Dusty Baker's son in Game 5.

As for the game calls, those by Angels radio play-by-play man Rory Markas probably are used more than anyone else - and expertly inserted each time. He's gotta look into a royalties fee for this one.

--The addendum: Again, the DVD version packs an extra punch - 40 minutes more - with footage from key moments in each game as it was shown on Fox. There's also a 1939 movie clip of former Angels owner Gene Autry singing ``Back in the Saddle Again'' from his heyday, and an interesting behind-the-scenes clip from the ``Baseball's Greatest Moments'' gathering that shows commissioner Bud Selig actually shaking hands with banished non-Hall of Famer Pete Rose.

But this section, for some reason, has music videos of two new Tom Petty songs that have no connection whatsoever to this series, let alone the sport. At least Petty singing ``The Waiting Is the Hardest Part'' would have been appropriate for the Angels.

--The extra treat: There's a Fleer ``Rally Monkey'' trading card inserted in every box.

--Overall grade: 9 out of 10.

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