ESPN’s Jeff Passan sorry for vulgar Twitter exchange with Ben Verlander

ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan apologized for a vulgar Twitter change with fellow baseball analyst Ben Verlander on Tuesday.

Passan, reporting on the Astros-Mariners ALDS opener, used a run being scored on Houston pitcher Justin Verlander — Ben’s brother — to take a shot on the Fox Sports activities analyst. The pair swapped swipes at each other, with Passan referencing his fellow reporter performing a intercourse act.

“Earlier, a tweet directed at @BenVerlander crossed the road and was hurtful to many,” the ESPN senior author tweeted. “I deleted the tweet and sincerely apologize. Although Ben and I've recognized each other for some time and infrequently joke on Twitter, it’s no excuse for my mistake. I might be higher and study from it.”

The change started after Passan talked about the Astros hurler twice in a single tweet and poked enjoyable on the error.

“Justin Verlander Justin Verlander Justin Verlander simply because I’m doing my greatest @BenVerlander impersonation,” Passan tweeted. “Through which case Shohei Ohtani Shohei Ohtani Shohei Ohtani Shohei Ohtani Shohei Ohtani Shohei Ohtani Shohei Ohtani Shohei Ohtani Shohei Ohtani Shohei Ohtani Shohei Ohtani S”

ESPN’s Jeff Passan traded barbs with Fox Sports activities’ Ben Verlander on Tuesday evening.

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“Seize a step stool and say it to my face Jeffey boy,” Ben Verlander, a well-known fan of the Angels’ slugger/pitcher combo Shohei Ohtani, retorted, together with a picture of a Google seek for Passan’s peak, which confirmed 5-foot-9.

That’s when issues went off the rails.

“If you’re speaking about Shohei you’re normally in your knees, although, proper?” Passan replied in a since-deleted tweet.

Ben Verlander isn't any stranger to exchanging Twitter barbs with Passan.

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Verlander, 30, didn’t appear fazed, nevertheless, as soon as once more returning to the topic of his brother.

“If you’re asking me for assist getting a Justin interview you normally are too, huh??” he wrote.

It’s not the primary time Passan and the youthful Verlander sibling have gotten into it on Twitter. The pair traded barbs over a 2021 Twitter ballot, with Verlander chiding Passan for not breaking the information his brother had re-signed with the Astros and Passan firing again with a “Right here’s to nepotism?” quip.