Ellsbury signing highlights flurry of moves on Chico Salmon Day

Chico Salmon would be proud.

Tom Verducci | Dec 4, 2013

Ellsbury signing highlights flurry of moves on Chico Salmon Day /

Jacoby Ellsbury is on the move from Boston to New York after agreeing to a seven-yer, $153 million deal with the Yankees :: Chuck Solomon/SI

Chico Salmon would be proud.

Published Dec 4, 2013

TOM VERDUCCI

Tom Verducci is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered Major League Baseball since 1981. He also serves as an analyst for FOX Sports and the MLB Network; is a New York Times best-selling author; and cohosts The Book of Joe podcast with Joe Maddon. A five-time Emmy Award winner across three categories (studio analyst, reporter, short form writing) and nominated in a fourth (game analyst), he is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past New York chapter chairman) and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1993. He also is the only writer to be a game analyst for World Series telecasts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, with whom he has two children.