Tom Verducci
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Verducci in 2011.
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| Born |
December 2, 1960 East Orange, New Jersey |
| Education |
Penn State University, B.A. Journalism |
| Occupation |
Sportswriter Television personality |
Thomas 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.
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 appearing in the first edition of The Weekly Collegian. On July 12, 2016 Verducci revealed he was a Mets fan growing up.
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.
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.
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