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
Bobby Morgan - Brooklyn Dodgers
Dennis Bennett - Against The Odds
Danny Walton - Dandy Danny!
Clete Boyer - Hot Corner Hero - New York Yankees
Walter Smith Baseball Photos
Where Have You Gone Fred Beene?
Cecil Travis
Johnny Grubb
Gene Alley - Dead End Alley!
Bobby Richardson - Idol Worship - New York Yankees
Oscar Gamble - Dream Weaver!
Tom Tresh - Yankees - 1962 AL Rookie of the Year
Jim Gentile - Diamond Jim Was A Gem!
Max Alvis - Maximum Overdrive!
Harry Brecheen Dead At 89
Mel Parnell - Boston Red Sox Southpaw - Finesse Inside Fenway
Tom "Wimpy" Paciorek - Seattle Mariners And Chicago White Sox Player
Ron Hansen - Tall Cool One!
Cecil Travis - Super Senator!
Gus Zernial - Philadelphia Athletics
Harry Perkowski - Diamond In The Rough!
Solly Hemus - Former Cardinal - A Rare Bird!
Roy Sievers - Slugging First Baseman
Tom "Snake" Sturdivant - Former Yankees Pitcher
Stories & Lists
Nothin' But Braves!
Reversal of Fortunes
Baseball's Top 10 Missing Links
Dandy Power Duos!
Top 10 Offensive Performers
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