ESPN's Jeff Passan + Traina Thoughts

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🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Episode 515 of "SI Media With Jimmy Traina" features a conversation with ESPN's top MLB insider, Jeff Passan.

Passan discusses the recent retirement of Adrian Wojnaroswki and what the life of an insider is like. Does he bring his phone into the shower? Does he break stories from the toilet? Where was the oddest place he's broken news?

Passan also talks about Major League Baseball's popularity problem, MLB's TV issues and what three things he'd do if he was Commissioner for a day.

Passan also shares the story of getting The Rock to leave his outgoing answering machine message while in college and the story of getting seriously injured by a tree limb.

Following Passan, Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York joins Jimmy for their weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment. In this week's segment, Jimmy and Sal read recent Apple reviews for "SI Media With Jimmy Traina," discuss "The Bear" and the Pine Barrens episode of "The Sopranos," Chiefs running back Carson Steele missing his sister's wedding because she scheduled it when he had a game, John Sterling returning to the Yankees and much more

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0:00.0	Welcome everyone to S.I. Media with Jimmy Traineth. Thank you so so much for
0:07.8	listening. We have a really really outstanding episode for you this week.
0:11.8	First time on the S.I. Media Podcast with me. episode for you
0:15.0	the first time on the SI media podcast with me Jeff Passen from ESPN Baseball
0:16.7	Insider and he was phenomenal a lot of talk about woads retiring and the life of an
0:22.4	MLB insider and the life of an MLB insider and the life of an insider and
0:25.7	across sports for ESPN. Jeff Gitz gives some great insight into that, share some
0:30.4	great Wode stories, and then we get into a lot of baseball topics, the popularity
0:35.2	of baseball, the television issues with baseball, little post-season talk, and you have to stay
0:41.3	till the end to hear Jeff's story about having the rock record his
0:46.8	outgoing voicemail message back in the day.
0:49.6	Following Jeff Passen, we have Salicata in our trainer thought segment we read some Apple reviews
0:53.9	this week so a lot to lot going on in this episode.
0:59.0	Before we get to it quickly if you missed any recent episodes of SI.I. Media with Jimmy trainer. Let me slow down.
1:06.3	S.I. Media with Jimmy trainer. We've had a phenomenal run of guests.
1:10.1	Brad Nestler from CBS, Clark from me is p.
1:13.4	Scott Van Pelt Brian Curtis of the ringer
1:16.6	Kirkkurb Street Chris Mad Dog Russo all recent guests on SI media
1:20.7	with Jimmy Train if you missed any of those interviews, go on to the
1:23.2	archives, check them out. Subscribe to SI media with Jimmy Trainer and please leave a review on Apple.
1:29.2	Subscribing is most important though. If you do that, I I appreciate it so give those a listen and
1:35.2	enjoy this week's episode it's really good Jeff Passin from ESPN followed by
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