Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake
Yes, but as a basketball series, perhaps set in the late 1960s, rather than baseball
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- Normally the answer is no, but a 2019 version could be a really interesting show; baseball may no longer be the right sport since basketball is now the American pastime because of its diversity, and the recent baseball show Pitch was canceled.
- The internet ruins the premise, since Roy's old tweets or Foursquare check-ins would surface, so the fix is basketball set in the late 60s, a high school prodigy shot in 1953 who returns in 1969; the identity mystery, the Max Mercy angle and the team's background could add layers.