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|name        = Tom Verducci
|image       = Tom Verducci 2011.jpg
|image_size  = 155px
|caption     = Verducci at [[Citi Field]] in April 2011
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|birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1960|10|23}}
|birth_place = [[East Orange, New Jersey]]
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|alma_mater = [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State University]], <br><small>[[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] Journalism</small>
|occupation  = [[Sports journalism|Sportswriter]]<br>[[Sportscaster]]
|years_active = 1982–present
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'''Thomas "Tom" Verducci''' (born October 23, 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 (TV network)|TBS]]. In addition, he appears on ''Hot Stove'' and ''[[MLB Tonight]]'' on [[MLB Network]] as a baseball insider.<!-- <ref>[http://mlbnetwork.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20081226&content_id=3728695&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb MLB Network - Seven Days to Go]</ref>-->

==Early life and education==
Verducci was born in [[East Orange, New Jersey]] and raised in [[Glen Ridge, New Jersey|Glen Ridge]].<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/writers/tom_verducci/archive/index.html Tom Verducci Archive], ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''. Accessed October 7, 2007</ref> He attended [[Seton Hall Preparatory School|Seton Hall Prep]] in [[West Orange, New Jersey]] and then went to [[Penn State]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[Journalism]] and appeared in the first edition of The Weekly Collegian. On July 12, 2016 Verducci revealed he was a [[New York Mets|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 is titled ''The Cubs Way''. The book chronicles the epic story of how Theo Epstein and a perfect 5-year plan took the Cubs from a 101-loss season in 2012 to the 2016 World Series Champions.

==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 World Series|2014]] for [[Major League Baseball on Fox|Fox]] alongside [[Joe Buck]] and [[Harold Reynolds]]. Verducci was the first non-former player or manager to work in the broadcasting booth as a color commentator for a World Series telecast since [[Major League Baseball on ABC|ABC]]'s [[Howard Cosell]] in [[1983 World Series|1983]]. Verducci and Reynolds would following the [[2015 Major League Baseball season|2015 season]], be replaced by [[John Smoltz]] as Fox's top baseball analyst. Verducci wound up working the [[2016 World Series|2016 Fall Classic]] as a sideline reporter, a role he still has to this day and as a studio analyst, which he did only for 2016. He would be doing some play-by-play on MLB network.

==Personal life==
Verducci lives in the [[Belle Mead, New Jersey|Belle Mead]] section of [[Montgomery Township, New Jersey]] with his wife Kirsten, and two sons. His brother Frank Verducci was the Offensive Coordinator for [[Connecticut Huskies football|UConn]].<ref>ESPN/Associated Press http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12302383/frank-verducci-hired-uconn-huskies-offensive-coordinator, February 9, 2015.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://sportsillustrated.com/writers/tom_verducci/archive/index.html Column archive] at ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''
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