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
Walter Smith Baseball Photos
Randy Jones - Recipe For Success
Darrell Porter Dies At 50
Ron Hansen - Tall Cool One!
Harry Brecheen Dead At 89
Johnny Grubb
Frank Thomas - "The Original"
Warren Spahn Award
Baseball Digest Magazine
Harry Brecheen - Deceased Cardinals Pitcher - One Cool Cat
Jackson Richard Newville
Max Alvis - Maximum Overdrive!
Gus Zernial - Philadelphia Athletics
Willie Stargell Dies At 61
Oscar Gamble - Dream Weaver!
Danny Walton - Dandy Danny!
Randy "Handsome Ransom" Jackson - Brooklyn Dodgers
Warren Spahn Dies At 82
Bob "Beetle" Bailey - Montreal Expos slugger
Gene Stephens - One Inning Wonder
Harry Perkowski - Diamond In The Rough!
Fergie Jenkins
Gene Alley - Dead End Alley!
Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson
Stories & Lists
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris
Reversal of Fortunes
Hickok Award Winners
Baseball Todd's 2003 Award Picks
1961 All-Star Games - Box Scores
Baseball Todd's 2003 Predictions
Reversal of Fortunes
Hickok Award Winners
Baseball Todd's 2003 Award Picks
1961 All-Star Games - Box Scores
Baseball Todd's 2003 Predictions
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