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Boston Red Sox and New York Mets Have Both Been in a Free Fall the Last Couple Weeks

SI's Tom Verducci weighs in the shared woes of the Red Sox and Mets over the last couple weeks.

Tom Verducci

The Boston Red Sox and the New York Mets have both been on a skid as of late. Sports Illustrated senior writer Tom Verducci shares the numbers and struggles behind both teams losing records over the last few weeks. 

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Tom Verducci
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.

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