Mediocre League Baseball: Extreme parity a result of Selig's plan

Tom Verducci | Jun 17, 2014

Mediocre League Baseball: Extreme parity a result of Selig's plan /

One year after winning the World Series, Daniel Nava and the Red Sox are six games below .500. — One year after winning the World Series, Daniel Nava and the Red Sox are six games below .500 :: Jim Rogash/Getty Images

Published Jun 17, 2014

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.