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
Mel Parnell - Boston Red Sox Southpaw - Finesse Inside Fenway
Eddie Fisher
Fergie Jenkins
Gene Stephens - One Inning Wonder
Warren Spahn Award
"Beeney!" - Fred Beene, Former Major League Baseball Pitcher
Phil Bradley, Former Major Leaguer, Seattle Mariners, Missouri Tigers
Cecil Travis
Gus Zernial - Philadelphia Athletics
Walter Smith Baseball Photos
Stan Lopata - Former Phillies Catcher
Lloyd And Paul Waner
Oscar Gamble - Dream Weaver!
Willie Stargell Dies At 61
Cecil Travis - Super Senator!
Clete Boyer - Hot Corner Hero - New York Yankees
Where Have You Gone Fred Beene?
Roy Sievers - Slugging First Baseman
Dennis Bennett - Against The Odds
Harry Brecheen Dead At 89
Tom Tresh - Yankees - 1962 AL Rookie of the Year
Max Alvis - Maximum Overdrive!
Gene Alley - Dead End Alley!
Tom Tresh and Mike Tresh
Stories & Lists
Baseball Todd's Stories And Archives
Baseball Todd's 2004 Predictions
I Don't See It Happening!
Top 10 Pitchers Of All Time
Rookies of the Year
Lloyd Waner's Statistics
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