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Tom Verducci

Biography

Tom Verducci

Tom Verducci is the senior baseball writer for Sports Illustrated and SportsIllustrated.com, and a baseball analyst for the MLB Network. He co-authored Joe Torre’s first book, CHASING THE DREAM, and has also published an anthology of his work from Sports Illustrated, titled INSIDE BASEBALL: The Best of Tom Verducci.

Tom Verducci

Books by Tom Verducci

by Tom Verducci - Nonfiction, Sports

It took 108 years, but it really happened: the Chicago Cubs won the World Series in 2016. How did a team composed of unknown, young players and supposedly washed-up veterans come together to break the Curse of the Billy Goat? Tom Verducci, twice named National Sportswriter of the Year and co-writer of THE YANKEE YEARS with Joe Torre, has full access to team president Theo Epstein, manager Joe Maddon and the players to tell the story of the Cubs' transformation from perennial underachievers to the best team in baseball.