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 Johnson and Christy Mathewson
Bobby Richardson - Idol Worship - New York Yankees
Danny Walton - Dandy Danny!
Johnny Romano - Sweet Honey!
Stu Miller - Relief Pitcher Extraordinaire!
Cecil Travis
Bob "Beetle" Bailey - Montreal Expos slugger
"Beeney!" - Fred Beene, Former Major League Baseball Pitcher
Baseball Digest Magazine
Max Alvis - Maximum Overdrive!
Harry Perkowski - Diamond In The Rough!
Randy Jones - Recipe For Success
Clete Boyer - Hot Corner Hero - New York Yankees
Gene Alley - Dead End Alley!
Walter Smith Baseball Photos
Ron Hansen - Tall Cool One!
Dennis Bennett - Against The Odds
Randy "Handsome Ransom" Jackson - Brooklyn Dodgers
Johnny Grubb
Warren Spahn Dies At 82
Cecil Travis - Super Senator!
Warren Spahn
Tom Tresh - Yankees - 1962 AL Rookie of the Year
Solly Hemus - Former Cardinal - A Rare Bird!
Stories & Lists
Baseball Todd's 2003 Award Picks
Moose, Minnie, Nellie, and Mickey!
Baseball's All-Time Leaderboards
Rick Newville's Field of Dreams
2001 Predictions
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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