Tom Verducci

Joined: Sep 17, 2010

Tom Verducci is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered Major League Baseball since 1981. He also serves as an analyst for FOX Sports and the MLB Network; is a New York Times best-selling author; and cohosts The Book of Joe podcast with Joe Maddon. A five-time Emmy Award winner across three categories (studio analyst, reporter, short form writing) and nominated in a fourth (game analyst), he is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past New York chapter chairman) and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1993. He also is the only writer to be a game analyst for World Series telecasts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, with whom he has two children.

Analyzing the Best Contemporary Era Hall of Fame Candidates: Jeff Kent

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These are the key takeaways from the Dodgers-Blue Jays instant classic.

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Los Angeles won its third World Series in six years with some of the sport’s biggest stars and unlikely heroes—and, perhaps, benefited from some divine intervention.

Shohei Ohtani is set to start Game 7 with the season on the line.

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Los Angeles’s two-way star has been chosen to start Saturday’s Game 7 on short rest, setting up a chance for him to somehow better his already peerless legacy.

Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage limited the Dodgers to one run on three hits in seven innings.

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The Blue Jays’ Game 5 hero started this season in Class A ball. His abnormal delivery confounds hitters. And his reaction to heckling fans informed his pitching coach he was ready to beat the Dodgers.