Tom Verducci Biography
Thomas Verducci is a sportswriter for Sports Illustrated and its online publication SI.com. He primarily writes about baseball. He also works as a reporter and analyst for Fox Major League Baseball and MLB Network.
How old is Tom Verducci? – Age
He is 62 years old as of 23 October 2022. He was born in 1960 in East Orange, New Jersey, United States.
Tom Verducci Family – Education
He is of Italian ancestry. His brother, Frank Verducci, was UConn’s offensive coordinator. Joan Hodges, the widow of Gil Hodges, is Verducci’s aunt. He proceeded to Seton Hall Prep in West Orange, New Jersey, and then to Penn State, where he earned a B.A. in journalism and worked as a reporter for The Daily Collegian and in the first issue of The Weekly Collegian. On July 12, 2016, Verducci admitted that he grew up as a Mets fan.
Tom Verducci Wife
Verducci and his wife, Kirsten, live in the Belle Mead neighborhood of Montgomery Township, New Jersey, with their two sons.
Tom Verducci’s Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1.3 million.
Tom Verducci Book
Verducci returned to New York Newsday in 1983 after a one-year stint at Florida Today, where he became a writer in 1990. In 1993, he began writing for Sports Illustrated. Verducci temporarily joined the Toronto Blue Jays as an outfielder for spring training in 2005, while working for Sports Illustrated. He appears on The Dan Patrick Show on a regular basis.
The Cubs Way is his most recent work. The book tells the narrative of how Theo Epstein and a flawless five-year strategy led the Cubs from a 101-loss season in 2012 to World Series victory in 2016. Verducci spent a month in the MLB’s “Playoff Bubble” in October 2020, covering the postseason for FOX’s MLB broadcast. On October 27, 2020, he appeared on the Sports Illustrated daily cover.
Tom Verducci Career
Verducci works in television in addition to writing. He works for MLB Network as a “baseball insider” and co-host of various shows alongside Bob Costas. In 2014, he co-called the World Series for Fox with Joe Buck and Harold Reynolds. Verducci was the first non-former player or manager to work as a color commentator for a World Series telecast (or any professional sports program) since ABC’s Howard Cosell in 1983. Following the 2015 season, John Smoltz will take over as Fox’s top baseball analyst, replacing Verducci and Reynolds. He worked the 2016 Fall Classic as a sideline reporter, which he still does today, and as a studio commentator, which he only did in 2016.