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
Gene Alley - Dead End Alley!
Oscar Gamble - Dream Weaver!
Stan Lopata - Former Phillies Catcher
Cecil Travis
Baseball Digest Magazine
Phil Bradley, Former Major Leaguer, Seattle Mariners, Missouri Tigers
Jackson Richard Newville
Clete Boyer - Hot Corner Hero - New York Yankees
Warren Spahn
Gus Zernial - Philadelphia Athletics
Lloyd And Paul Waner
Bobby Richardson - Idol Worship - New York Yankees
Max Alvis - Maximum Overdrive!
Fergie Jenkins
Harry Brecheen - Deceased Cardinals Pitcher - One Cool Cat
Bobby Morgan - Brooklyn Dodgers
Darrell Porter Dies At 50
Randy "Handsome Ransom" Jackson - Brooklyn Dodgers
Johnny Romano - Sweet Honey!
Mel Parnell - Boston Red Sox Southpaw - Finesse Inside Fenway
Roy Sievers - Slugging First Baseman
Harry Brecheen Dead At 89
Eddie Fisher
Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson
Stories & Lists
Moose, Minnie, Nellie, and Mickey!
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Paul Waner's Statistics
Reversal of Fortunes
Tri City Baseball Park
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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