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Hello and welcome

to episode 2417

of Effectively Wild

A Baseball Podcast from FanGrafts

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I am Ben Lindberg of the Ringer

not joined today by Meg Rally of

Fangraphs, who's off this week. We'll catch up on signings and trades next time. Lots of

transactions to talk about, but I've got a couple of good guests for you today. In Meg's

stead, I will be bringing you none other than ESPN senior MLB insider Jeff Passon. Jeff will

join me in Just a sec for a wide-ranging conversation about how he reports and

announce his news, his thoughts on social media, his work-life balance, his dalliance with switching

to the basketball beat, and so much more. He'll even answer a call from a source while we are

podcasting. We'll also get into some big picture hot stove questions, the outlook for a lockout, and much, much more. It is, I think, a revealing, engaging conversation with one of baseball's biggest and best media members. Also, I will warn you, there's a bit of profanity. Jeff drops a few F bombs, and I told producer Shane, maybe we won't bleep them this time. Just because it's fun to hear

Jeff Passen say some words that he wouldn't say on SportsCenter. So be warned. Cover your kids' ears

if you care to. After that, the athletic Sam Blum will come on to talk about the ins and outs of a

wrongful death case filed by the family of former Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs against the Angels. That

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