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Michael Schneider
Variety Editor at Large
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Paul Zimmerman/PMC Netflix is expanding its interest in Major League Baseball — but this time on the scripted drama side. The streamer is developing an untitled drama series about the storied New York Yankees baseball team. MLB Studios, Jason Bateman’s Aggregate Films and writer/director/producer Josh Wakely are on board.
Details about the project are minimal so far, other than the fact that the series will take on “one of the most decorated franchises in American sports” and take place across the team’s several eras. And indeed, the Yankees have won 27 World Series championships, more than any other sports franchise in North America, the most recent in 2009. The team also has 52 players and 11 managers in the National Baseball Hall of Fame — including notables like Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle and Babe Ruth.
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