How the Triple Crown Became Baseball's Rarest Feat
Leading a league in batting average, home runs and runs batted in during the same season is the Triple Crown, and it is one of the hardest feats in baseball. It demands that a hitt
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The unofficial website for any and all baseball fans. Player tributes, baseball stories and record lists written by Todd Newville, who chased down the game's greats for interviews, autographs and grip-and-grin photos.
Player Tributes
Tom Tresh and Mike Tresh
Gus Zernial - Philadelphia Athletics
Dennis Bennett - Against The Odds
Bobby Morgan - Brooklyn Dodgers
Warren Spahn
Stu Miller - Relief Pitcher Extraordinaire!
Tom "Snake" Sturdivant - Former Yankees Pitcher
Randy Jones - Recipe For Success
Willie Stargell Dies At 61
Danny Walton - Dandy Danny!
Warren Spahn Award
Roy Sievers - Slugging First Baseman
Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson
Tom "Wimpy" Paciorek - Seattle Mariners And Chicago White Sox Player
Oscar Gamble - Dream Weaver!
Frank Thomas - "The Original"
Mel Parnell - Boston Red Sox Southpaw - Finesse Inside Fenway
Where Have You Gone Fred Beene?
Bobby Richardson - Idol Worship - New York Yankees
Gene Stephens - One Inning Wonder
Harry Brecheen Dead At 89
Johnny Romano - Sweet Honey!
Jim Gentile - Diamond Jim Was A Gem!
Ron Hansen - Tall Cool One!
Stories & Lists
Top Oklahoma Sooners In Pro Baseball
Baseball Todd's 61* Commentary
Richard Newville's Little League Team
Hickok Award Winners
Baseball Todd's 2004 Predictions
Making The Most Of It
From the Dugout Blog
Warren Spahn and the Lost Art of the Complete Game
Warren Spahn won 363 games, the most by any left-hander in history, and he finished what he started. He threw 382 complete games and 63 shutouts, numbers that read like a misprint
The 500 Home Run Club, Explained
The 500 home run club is baseball's most famous power milestone. For decades, reaching 500 career home runs was treated as an automatic Hall of Fame credential, a sign that a hitte