Tom Verducci | |
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 Verducci atCiti Field in 2011 | |
| Born | East Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | Penn State University (B.A.) |
| Occupations | Sportswriter Sportscaster |
| Years active | 1982–present |
Tom Verducci is an Americansportswriter who wrote forSports Illustrated and now writes forSI.com, an online magazine. He writes primarily aboutbaseball. He is also a reporter and commentator forFox Major League Baseball andMLB Network.[1]
Verducci was born inEast Orange, New Jersey and grew up inGlen Ridge.[2] He attendedSeton Hall Prep inWest Orange, New Jersey and toPenn State, graduating with aB.A. degree injournalism, where he was a reporter forThe Daily Collegian and. He wrote for the first edition ofThe Weekly Collegian.[3]
After a year withFlorida Today, Verducci moved toNew York Newsday in 1983, becoming acolumnist in 1990. He began writing forSports Illustrated in 1993. In 2005, while writing for the magazine, Verducci briefly joined theToronto Blue Jays as anoutfielder for spring training.[4] He is a regular guest onThe Dan Patrick Show.
His most recent book is titledThe Cubs Way about Theo Epstein and a perfect 5-year plan taking the Cubs from a 101-loss season in 2012 to the 2016 World Series Champions.[5] In October 2020, Verducci was in the MLB's "Playoff Bubble" covering the postseason forFOX'sMLB broadcast. He appeared on Sports Illustrated's daily cover on October 27, 2020.[6]
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In addition to his writing duties, Verducci works in television. He works for MLB Network, where he serves as a "baseball insider" and co-host of several programs withBob Costas. He called his first World Series in 2014 forFox alongsideJoe Buck andHarold Reynolds. Verducci was the first non-former player or manager to work in the broadcast booth as a color commentator for a World Series telecast or any pro sports sinceABC'sHoward Cosell in 1983. Verducci and Reynolds were replaced byJohn Smoltz as Fox's top baseball analyst following the 2015 season. He worked the 2016 Fall Classic (World Series) as a sideline reporter, a role he still has to this day in addition to being a studio analyst, in that capacity only for 2016.
Verducci lives in theBelle Mead section ofMontgomery Township, New Jersey, with his wife, Kirsten, and two sons. His brother Frank Verducci was the offensive coordinator forUConn.[7] Their aunt is Joan Hodges, the widow ofGil Hodges.[8] The brothers are ofItalian descent.[9]
| Preceded by | Lead color commentator,Major League Baseball on Fox (withHarold Reynolds) 2014-2015 | Succeeded by |
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