Name Tom Verducci Role Sportswriter | Books The Yankee Years | |
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Born December 2, 1960 (age 63) ( 1960-12-02 ) East Orange, New Jersey Occupation Sportswriter
Television personality Education Seton Hall Preparatory School, Pennsylvania State University Awards Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Personality - Studio Analyst Similar People Joe Torre, Ken Rosenthal, Peter Gammons | ||
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Tom Verducci (born December 2, 1960) is an American sportswriter who writes for Sports Illustrated and its online magazine SI.com. He writes primarily about baseball. He is also a field reporter for the MLB postseason on TBS. In addition, he appears on Hot Stove and MLB Tonight on MLB Network as a baseball insider.
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- Tom verducci making sense of fbi probe into cardinals allegedly hacking astros si now
- Tom verducci alex rodriguez won t be a big part of what the yankees do si now
- Early life and education
- Writing career
- Broadcasting career
- Personal life
- References
Tom verducci alex rodriguez won t be a big part of what the yankees do si now
Early life and education
Verducci was born in East Orange, New Jersey and raised in Glen Ridge. He attended Seton Hall Prep in West Orange, New Jersey and then went to Penn State, graduating with a B.A. in Journalism and appeared in the first edition of The Weekly Collegian. On July 12, 2016 Verducci revealed he was a Mets fan growing up.
Writing career
After a one-year stint at Florida Today, Verducci moved to New York Newsday in 1983, becoming a columnist in 1990. He began writing for Sports Illustrated in 1993. He is a regular guest on The Dan Patrick Show.
His most recent work includes a co-authored book with Joe Torre titled The Yankee Years. The book chronicles various stories from the New York Yankees' dugout and the Yankees' baseball organization.
Broadcasting career
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 with Bob Costas. He called his first World Series in 2014 for Fox alongside Joe Buck and Harold Reynolds. Verducci was the first non-former player or manager to be in the broadcasting booth as a color commentator for a World Series telecast since ABC's Howard Cosell in 1983. Verducci and Reynolds would following the 2015 season, be replaced by John Smoltz as Fox's top baseball analyst.
Personal life
Verducci lives in the Belle Mead section of Montgomery Township, New Jersey with his wife and two sons. His brother Frank Verducci is the Offensive Coordinator for UConn (Univ of Connecticut).