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Yankees reportedly declined to be a part of initial idea for Netflix documentary on 2004 Red Sox

Thousands of Red Sox fans have likely enjoyed the three-part documentary series “The Comeback: The 2004 Red Sox” since Netflix released it on Wednesday. If the initial idea for the documentary was approved, though, Red Sox fans might not have had as enjoyable of an experience watching the film.

The Yankees turned down the original pitch for the documentary series that became “The Comeback,” The Boston Globe‘s Dan Shaughnessy shared in his column.

“One last note on the Barnicle brothers’ excellent ‘The Comeback’ documentary on the 2004 Red Sox, which is now on Netflix: Journalist/author Howard Bryant originally conceived of the doc as a series called ‘Superpowers,'” Shaughnessy wrote.