MLB Nerd Jeff Passan Clutches Pearls Over Missing Jackie Robinson Article
They’re erasing history, suggests the angry reporter who apparently loathes the Trump administration.
ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan put on a show for his social media followers by going on the offensive against Donald Trump’s Department of Defense, which removed an article chronicling baseball legend Jackie Robinson’s time in the Army.
The Department of Defense’s "Sports Heroes Who Served" series highlighted Jackie Robinson’s service during World War II.
Rather than using his incredible access to resolve the issue or first get to the bottom of how the article disappeared, Passan painted a picture of a vindictive DoD keen on taking corrective action against the man who broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947.
READ IT YOURSELF: Sports Heroes Who Served: Baseball Great Jackie Robinson Was WWII Soldier
But hey, when the bosses at ESPN want you to throw a fit over this non-issue, you gotta go for gold.
"The ghouls who did this should be ashamed. Jackie Robinson was the embodiment of an American hero. Fix this now," Passan demanded on X, making his frustrations known.
ESPN baseball analyst Jeff Passan. (Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images)
What did Passan assume — that folks interested in learning about Robinson’s military time would never gain access, if not for this DoD URL?
Before common sense kicked in, Passan’s followers were already up in arms about the "ghouls" leading the DoD — namely, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who’s very much against all the DEI stuff that the previous administration cherished.
"Jackie was too black for this Nazi administration," one of Passan’s followers responded, pulling out the tired trope.
When Passan put on his big-boy pants and demanded an answer, he got one.
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