11 Facts About Tom Verducci

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Tom Verducci is a reporter and commentator for Fox Major League Baseball and MLB Network.

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Tom Verducci was born in East Orange, New Jersey, and raised in Glen Ridge.

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On July 12,2016, Tom Verducci revealed he was a Mets fan growing up.

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In 2005, while writing for Sports Illustrated, Tom Verducci briefly joined the Toronto Blue Jays as an outfielder for spring training.

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Tom Verducci is a regular guest on The Dan Patrick Show.

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In Oct 2020, Tom Verducci spent a month in the MLB's "Playoff Bubble" covering the postseason for FOX's MLB broadcast.

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Tom Verducci appeared on Sports Illustrated's daily cover on Oct 27,2020.

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8.

Tom Verducci called his first World Series in 2014 for Fox alongside Joe Buck and Harold Reynolds.

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Tom Verducci was the first non-former player or manager to work in the broadcast booth as a color commentator for a World Series telecast since ABC's Howard Cosell in 1983.

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Tom Verducci worked the 2016 Fall Classic as a sideline reporter, a role he still has to this day, and as a studio analyst, only doing so for 2016.

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Tom Verducci's aunt is Joan Hodges, the widow of Gil Hodges.