Effectively Wild Episode 2417: Just Passan Time

<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ewlogofi.png" alt="EWFI" width="590" height="206" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-242076" srcset="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ewlogofi.png 590w, https://blogs.fangraphs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ewlogofi-300x105.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px" /><br /> Ben Lindbergh brings on ESPN senior MLB insider <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffpassan" target="_blank">Jeff Passan</a> to discuss the ins and outs of the newsbreaking business—how he reports and announces news, how newsbreaking in baseball differs from newsbreaking in other sports, conflicts of interest, the ills of social media, work-life balance, aging, his flirtation with switching to the basketball beat, and more—plus Jeff&#8217;s thoughts on ESPN&#8217;s relationship with MLB, the biggest surprises and questions of this hot stove season, and the outlook for a lockout. Th...