ESPN and Omaha Productions Start a New Video Podcast with Jeff Passan
Introduction
ESPN and Omaha Productions started a new video podcast. The name is "Sources Tell Jeff Passan." Jeff Passan is a baseball reporter. The podcast comes out every week. You can watch it on ESPN YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.
Main Body
Jeff Passan worked for ESPN for more than 20 years. He thought about making a podcast for a long time. He waited for the right time. He says baseball needs more good reporting and stories. He thanks Omaha Productions for helping him make a new kind of show. Passan says he is good at telling stories and talking to people in baseball. People trust him. He wanted to add funny parts to the show. He asked Richard Staff to help. Richard Staff wrote for other websites. They never met in person, but they worked on ideas together. The podcast has pictures like old video games. Passan says Omaha Productions made that choice. The pictures remind him of a game called "RBI Baseball." He has a Nintendo game machine on his TV show. The podcast also shows small boxes that explain baseball words. For example, it explains "the wheel" in a bunt play. The first shows had guests like Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal. They won Cy Young Awards. Other guests were Dave Roberts and John Schneider. They were managers in the World Series. Passan says the show will talk about hard topics. One topic is future labor talks in baseball. He says he talks about difficult things directly. He uses facts in his work.
Conclusion
The podcast "Sources Tell Jeff Passan" is a new thing for Passan. He uses his access to people and his reporting skills in a video show. The first shows are fun and give good information. More shows are coming. One show will have catcher Cal Raleigh.