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ESPN Reporter Fires Shocking Profanity-Laced Message at Yankees Fans
ESPN Reporter Fires Shocking Profanity-Laced Message at Yankees Fans originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
If you're a New York Yankees fan upset with the club's current state, don't take your complaints to ESPN's Jeff Passan.
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To say that Passan doesn't want to hear them is an understatement. Passan didn't hold back in expressing his frustration and disgust with Yankees fans on Monday afternoon.
"When I hear Yankees fans complain, I'm like, 'Shut the [expletive] up," Passan said on the "Max Mannis Podcast."
Although there is nothing inherently wrong with profanity, it's nonetheless shocking to hear Passan—a longtime MLB insider who is arguably the face of ESPN's MLB coverage—deliver such commentary about Yankees fans.
ESPN had not issued a statement on Passan's comments as of publication.
New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge interacts with fansJulian Leshay Guadalupe/ / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Mannix, who works for Jomboy Media, noted that the Yankees have long sold the "championship or bust" mentality. However, the Yankees have only won one World Series and two pennants since the start of 2004.
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"You don't have to listen to them," Passan responded. "If that's going to ruin your experience as a sports fan ... If the Yankees say that, and that puts you in a place where you are disappointed or saddened every year, then maybe do something to take yourself out of that realm of disappointed and sadness."
Aaron Judge and the Yankees enter Monday at 48-35 and hold a 1 1/2-game lead over the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
