19 Quotes by Tom Verducci

This will be a huge financial relief for the Rangers.

No way. I don't think anybody who read the excerpts can in good conscience vote for the guy.

Once Boone went down, the Yankees started looking for a third baseman. A-Rod told them back in November that he didn't want to move to third, but he changed his mind after Boone got hurt.

I have questions about the makeup of this team. I've been saying this for the last couple years. I don't know if they can win as constituted. They're not an especially tough team.

I just want the viewer to have a very informative and entertaining listen. I want them to feel like they've pulled up a chair right next to us. I hope to bring to the telecast what I call 'buddy information' - where you hear something and maybe the next day you say to your buddy, 'Hey, I heard something about this player or this team,' and they pass it on by word of mouth.

My responsibility is to get the story right. I can't predict or be concerned with the consequences.

Anytime you do a story that has an impact beyond that day's headlines and in what I regard as a very positive direction there has to be a certain amount of pride.

I'm still the kid who grew up with ink on his hands from delivering newspapers.

Why? Why should the bond between a people and their baseball team be so intense? Fenway Park is a part of it, offering a physical continuum to the bond, not only because Papi can stand in the same batter’s box as Teddy Ballgame, but also because a son might sit in the same wooden-slat seat as his father.