Major League Baseball Must Do Something About Taunting

SI's Tom Verducci shares his thoughts on MLB's lack of response to taunting.

Tom Verducci | May 3, 2021

Taunting in Major League Baseball is not regulated in the same what as it is in the NFL - Sports Illustrated senior writer Tom Verducci says it is time for that to change. SI's Tom Verducci shares his thoughts on MLB's lack of response to taunting.

Published May 3, 2021

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.