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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

Harry Brecheen - Deceased Cardinals Pitcher - One Cool Cat Harry Brecheen - Deceased Cardinals Pitcher - One Cool Cat Tom "Snake" Sturdivant - Former Yankees Pitcher Tom "Snake" Sturdivant - Former Yankees Pitcher Tom "Wimpy" Paciorek - Seattle Mariners And Chicago White Sox Player Tom "Wimpy" Paciorek - Seattle Mariners And Chicago White Sox Player Johnny Grubb Johnny Grubb Harry Perkowski - Diamond In The Rough! Harry Perkowski - Diamond In The Rough! Danny Walton - Dandy Danny! Danny Walton - Dandy Danny! Harry Brecheen Dead At 89 Harry Brecheen Dead At 89 Phil Bradley, Former Major Leaguer, Seattle Mariners, Missouri Tigers Phil Bradley, Former Major Leaguer, Seattle Mariners, Missouri Tigers Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson Stan Lopata - Former Phillies Catcher Stan Lopata - Former Phillies Catcher Bobby Richardson - Idol Worship - New York Yankees Bobby Richardson - Idol Worship - New York Yankees Gene Stephens - One Inning Wonder Gene Stephens - One Inning Wonder Darrell Porter Dies At 50 Darrell Porter Dies At 50 Solly Hemus - Former Cardinal - A Rare Bird! Solly Hemus - Former Cardinal - A Rare Bird! Jim Gentile - Diamond Jim Was A Gem! Jim Gentile - Diamond Jim Was A Gem! Baseball Digest Magazine Baseball Digest Magazine Fergie Jenkins Fergie Jenkins Stu Miller - Relief Pitcher Extraordinaire! Stu Miller - Relief Pitcher Extraordinaire! Clete Boyer - Hot Corner Hero - New York Yankees Clete Boyer - Hot Corner Hero - New York Yankees Cecil Travis Cecil Travis Tom Tresh and Mike Tresh Tom Tresh and Mike Tresh Randy Jones - Recipe For Success Randy Jones - Recipe For Success Bob "Beetle" Bailey - Montreal Expos slugger Bob "Beetle" Bailey - Montreal Expos slugger Tom Tresh - Yankees - 1962 AL Rookie of the Year Tom Tresh - Yankees - 1962 AL Rookie of the Year

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Stories & Lists

Baseball Todd's 2002 Predictions Hickok Award Winners Hickok Award Winners Top 10 Baseball Characters 1933 American League All-Star Team Baseball Todd's Stories And Archives Baseball Todd's Stories And Archives Baseball's All-Time Leaderboards

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From the Dugout Blog

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

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