Tom Verducci
Tom Verducci
Tom Verducciis 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...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth2 December 1960
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I have found his research and analysis to be useful tools in covering and appreciating baseball and its history.
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I have questions about the makeup of this team. I've been saying this for the last couple years. I don't know if they can win as constituted. They're not an especially tough team.
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Once Boone went down, the Yankees started looking for a third baseman. A-Rod told them back in November that he didn't want to move to third, but he changed his mind after Boone got hurt.
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When you watch this guy play, I can't put it other way, he dogs it,
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Researchers measure that the average major-league pitcher puts 40 pounds of pressure on his shoulder by cocking and releasing the baseball. Curious how much more the body could take, those same researchers tested cadavers. The shoulder broke apart at just beyond 40 pounds.
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Why? Why should the bond between a people and their baseball team be so intense? Fenway Park is a part of it, offering a physical continuum to the bond, not only because Papi can stand in the same batter's box as Teddy Ballgame, but also because a son might sit in the same wooden-slat seat as his father.
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I'm still the kid who grew up with ink on his hands from delivering newspapers.
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When the guy with the most talent on your team plays with no heart, I think that affects other people on the team.