Tom Verducci Archives - Awful Announcing

MLB

MLB reporter Tom Verducci says he needs to “really rethink” David Ortiz’s Hall of Fame candidacy

Uncertainty over Ortiz's alleged 2003 positive test makes this "a different case" to Verducci.

MLB

MLB Network’s ‘The Streak: 25 Years Later’ layers Cal Ripken’s humanity with his signature achievement

The special airs Sunday night, the same date as when Ripken broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive games played record.

League Networks

MLB Network launches a new “The Sounds Of Baseball” series on iconic broadcasters, beginning with Vin Scully

Each episodes of The Sounds of Baseball will focus on one famed broadcaster. The series debuts Monday with an episode focusing on Vin Scully.

ESPN

Dan Patrick, Michael Wilbon, and Tom Verducci will be inducted into the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame

In addition to the Hall of Fame class, Woj and Kevin Harlan were named 2019 sportswriter and sportscaster of the year, respectively.

Fox

Shannon Sharpe and Tom Verducci (whose role will expand to college football) sign multi-year extensions with Fox Sports

Shannon Sharpe will keep debating opposite Skip Bayless, and Tom Verducci will do more than just baseball reporting for Fox Sports.

MLB

Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci used a bad 0.0 reference to claim the seventh-biggest-market Astros aren’t a big-market team

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the U.S. and the seventh-largest media market, and the Astros have MLB's sixth-highest payroll and won the 2017 World Series, but they're an "upstart superpower," all right.

2016

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