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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

Warren Spahn Warren Spahn Oscar Gamble - Dream Weaver! Oscar Gamble - Dream Weaver! Baseball Digest Magazine Baseball Digest Magazine Danny Walton - Dandy Danny! Danny Walton - Dandy Danny! "Beeney!" - Fred Beene, Former Major League Baseball Pitcher "Beeney!" - Fred Beene, Former Major League Baseball Pitcher Walter Smith Baseball Photos Walter Smith Baseball Photos Where Have You Gone Fred Beene? Where Have You Gone Fred Beene? Stu Miller - Relief Pitcher Extraordinaire! Stu Miller - Relief Pitcher Extraordinaire! Ron Hansen - Tall Cool One! Ron Hansen - Tall Cool One! Max Alvis - Maximum Overdrive! Max Alvis - Maximum Overdrive! Fergie Jenkins Fergie Jenkins Gene Alley - Dead End Alley! Gene Alley - Dead End Alley! Warren Spahn Dies At 82 Warren Spahn Dies At 82 Darrell Porter Dies At 50 Darrell Porter Dies At 50 Clete Boyer - Hot Corner Hero - New York Yankees Clete Boyer - Hot Corner Hero - New York Yankees Tom Tresh - Yankees - 1962 AL Rookie of the Year Tom Tresh - Yankees - 1962 AL Rookie of the Year Bob "Beetle" Bailey - Montreal Expos slugger Bob "Beetle" Bailey - Montreal Expos slugger Willie Stargell Dies At 61 Willie Stargell Dies At 61 Randy "Handsome Ransom" Jackson - Brooklyn Dodgers Randy "Handsome Ransom" Jackson - Brooklyn Dodgers Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson Gene Stephens - One Inning Wonder Gene Stephens - One Inning Wonder Tom Tresh and Mike Tresh Tom Tresh and Mike Tresh Stan Lopata - Former Phillies Catcher Stan Lopata - Former Phillies Catcher Gus Zernial - Philadelphia Athletics Gus Zernial - Philadelphia Athletics

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Stories & Lists

Oklahoma All-Stars - Baseball's Best Oklahoma All-Stars - Baseball's Best 2006 RoughRiders T-Ball 2006 RoughRiders T-Ball The "40-140" Club Rookies of the Year Box Score - June 18, 1953 Box Score - June 18, 1953 Predictions And Stuff Predictions And Stuff

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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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