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 - Yankees - 1962 AL Rookie of the Year
Phil Bradley, Former Major Leaguer, Seattle Mariners, Missouri Tigers
Darrell Porter Dies At 50
Harry Brecheen Dead At 89
Jackson Richard Newville
Randy "Handsome Ransom" Jackson - Brooklyn Dodgers
Gene Stephens - One Inning Wonder
Baseball Digest Magazine
Harry Brecheen - Deceased Cardinals Pitcher - One Cool Cat
Bobby Richardson - Idol Worship - New York Yankees
Warren Spahn Dies At 82
Harry Perkowski - Diamond In The Rough!
Stan Lopata - Former Phillies Catcher
Oscar Gamble - Dream Weaver!
Roy Sievers - Slugging First Baseman
Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson
Johnny Romano - Sweet Honey!
Gus Zernial - Philadelphia Athletics
Cecil Travis
Randy Jones - Recipe For Success
Fergie Jenkins
Jim Gentile - Diamond Jim Was A Gem!
Tom Tresh and Mike Tresh
Max Alvis - Maximum Overdrive!
Stories & Lists
Top Oklahoma Sooners In Pro Baseball
Predictions And Stuff
Ed Vosberg
Top 10 Offensive Performers
Moose, Minnie, Nellie, and Mickey!
Baseball Todd's 2003 Award Picks
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