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
Welcome to the Dugout
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
Phil Bradley, Former Major Leaguer, Seattle Mariners, Missouri Tigers
Jim Gentile - Diamond Jim Was A Gem!
Harry Brecheen - Deceased Cardinals Pitcher - One Cool Cat
Solly Hemus - Former Cardinal - A Rare Bird!
Dennis Bennett - Against The Odds
"Beeney!" - Fred Beene, Former Major League Baseball Pitcher
Lloyd And Paul Waner
Harry Brecheen Dead At 89
Harry Perkowski - Diamond In The Rough!
Stan Lopata - Former Phillies Catcher
Baseball Digest Magazine
Gus Zernial - Philadelphia Athletics
Max Alvis - Maximum Overdrive!
Tom Tresh and Mike Tresh
Roy Sievers - Slugging First Baseman
Eddie Fisher
Gene Stephens - One Inning Wonder
Johnny Grubb
Bobby Richardson - Idol Worship - New York Yankees
Jackson Richard Newville
Clete Boyer - Hot Corner Hero - New York Yankees
Oscar Gamble - Dream Weaver!
Mel Parnell - Boston Red Sox Southpaw - Finesse Inside Fenway
Ron Hansen - Tall Cool One!
Stories & Lists
Reversal of Fortunes
Baseball Todd's Top 10 Lists
1946 St. Louis Cardinals
Top 10 Pitchers Of All Time
Baseball Todd's Stories And Archives
Baseball Todd's Photo Gallery
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