Jeff Passan: Yankees-Dodgers World Series will show national ceiling for MLB audience
"A litmus test for how big Major League Baseball's national audience actually can get."
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Jeff Passan’s call for classic MLB radio calls drew overwhelming response
"Howie Rose’s call last night got me thinking about how cool it would be to have a thread with all the great baseball radio calls."
Jeff Passan named as candidate to replace Adrian Wojnarowski at ESPN
Passan could make the shift over to being an NBA insider at ESPN in light of Adrian Wojnarowski's departure.
Jeff Passan: MLB needs to stop making it so ‘difficult’ to watch games
"It's a shame how difficult it is for consumers to access a product. And when that product is literally everything you have, what does that say about the way you're treating the fan?"
National media angry, nostalgic after Athletics’ finale in Oakland
"Shame on you MLB, all the owners, the Athletics and most of all John Fisher and Rob Manfred."
ESPN MLB insiders Jeff Passan, Buster Olney blast MLB for ‘debacle’ of Athletics leaving Oakland
"John Fisher didn't have to move this team. MLB and its owners didn't need to be complicit in it. This was a choice. A wrong one. History will sneer."
Adam Schefter reacts to Adrian Wojnarowski’s retirement: ‘He wanted his life back’
"He didn't want to have to...take your phone with you to the urinal and hold it in one hand while you take care of your business in the other."
ESPN launches special ‘Baseball Tonight’ episodes on playoff chases
The shows will also have the opportunity to cut in for at-bats by Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani in their pursuit of history.
Jeff Passan’s White Sox cold take goes viral: ‘Of course, this is baseball’
"If everything falls right, this has a chance to be a sustained run for the White Sox."
Jeff Passan makes astute point about MLB prospect rankings around trade deadline
Jeff Passan pays touching tribute to late father
Rich Passan was a Cleveland sports journalist with a long and colorful career.
Jeff Passan: Social media helped push out Ángel Hernández
"You just had this echo chamber of Ángel Hernández awfulness that...wound up being part of his undoing."
Jeff Passan suggests Ángel Hernández accountability solution
Jeff Passan suggests adopting automated strike zones and challenge system to address umpire inconsistencies, like those by Ángel Hernández.
‘Today’ hilariously mistakes Jeff Passan for Tom Verducci
Do all MLB national insiders look alike? The answer is yes according to The Today Show mistaking Jeff Passan for Tom Verducci.
Jeff Passan gave a funny shoutout to Cubs’ fan Lisa who heard of Cody Bellinger signing days early
"lisa was right" indeed.
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Shohei Ohtani’s free agent ‘secrecy’ frustrating prominent baseball insiders
"It can’t be good for Ohtani to be at the center of a negotiation infused with paranoia and joylessness."
Jeff Passan has fantastic to reaction to his epic Twitter typo
"There are typos, and then there are typos. And then there was that."
Jeff Passan reveals scary back injury suffered during storm
"My back may be shot, but my phone still works."
Sports media luminaries hang out as Threads opens for business
Some of sports media's biggest names and most recognizable faces are already hanging out over at the newest social media haven: Threads.
Brock Huard gives Jeff Passan his flowers: ‘You exude an excellent confidence with still a likability.’
"Because I think a lot of times, there’s just an arrogance that can come, but you have this confidence, but there’s still a fun little likability."
Jeff Passan has a love-hate relationship with Mets fans: ‘They take every game like it’s the end of the world.’
"Mets fans, I love them, but they're just the worst."
ESPN will not reimburse talent for new Twitter Blue verification system
While the employees will have to pay if they want to be verified, ESPN's own accounts may be different.
The Awfulies – Awful Announcing’s 2022 Sports Media Awards
The year 2022 was a memorable one in the sports media. We saw comings and goings like never...
Jeff Passan feels bad for Jon Heyman after Arson Judge blunder
"The biggest nightmare of any reporter is getting something big wrong"
