How Jeff Passan Built Trust Across Major League Baseball: Sideline Stories

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Jeff Passan has become one of the most trusted insiders in baseball — but that trust wasn’t built overnight.Tricia Whitaker and Sydney Parrish sit down with Jeff to talk about how he developed relationships with players, managers and executives, how he handles reporting uncomfortable stories, and why getting things right still matters more than being first.Jeff also shares one of his favorite postseason memories: hiding in the Cubs clubhouse after Game 7 of the 2016 World Series and spending hours inside the celebration with Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer, Bill Murray and the rest of the organization. Untitled recordingPlus, the conversation somehow ends with pocket pancakes, Jeff’s secret pancake…