Verducci became the first SI writer to both write and be the featured cover subject. His story I Was a Toronto Blue Jay recounted his experiences playing for the Toronto Blue Jays during five days of spring training. Verducci's cover story for SI's 2004 Sportsman of the Year was included in The Best American Sports Writing 2005 anthology.
Another compelling and personal story Verducci has written for SI is his 1995 cover story The Dead End Kids, in which he profiled Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden, covering when the two reached the major leagues. Verducci's 1999 cover story about Sandy Koufax, The Left Arm of God, in which he wrote that the pitching legend should not be referred to as a recluse, as "a recluse doesn't touch so many people with lifelong lessons of generosity, humility and the Zen of the curveball."
Verducci has written multiple books including, Chasing the Dream; My Lifelong Journey to the World Series, Joe Torre's path from growing up in Brooklyn to leading the Yankees to the 1996 world championship, and Inside Baseball: The Best of Tom Verducci, which features 21 of Verducci's most gripping essays in SI.
Before joining SI, Verducci spent 10 years with Newsday as a baseball writer, including a three-year stint as the paper's national baseball columnist. He also spent a year in Cocoa, FL, as a sports reporter for Florida Today.
Verducci led his high school football team to a state championship, by catching the winning touchdown pass in the title game. He attended Penn State University, where he graduated in 1982 with a B.A. in journalism. He was also named the Most Outstanding Journalism Graduate in the class of 1982. As a volunteer for the Montgomery Baseball Association youth program, he managed the Montgomery 10-year-olds travel team to the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Region championship and the Cal Ripken Baseball World Series.
