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
Lloyd And Paul Waner
Bob "Beetle" Bailey - Montreal Expos slugger
Johnny Grubb
Oscar Gamble - Dream Weaver!
Randy Jones - Recipe For Success
Ron Hansen - Tall Cool One!
Tom "Wimpy" Paciorek - Seattle Mariners And Chicago White Sox Player
Clete Boyer - Hot Corner Hero - New York Yankees
Willie Stargell Dies At 61
Walter Smith Baseball Photos
Cecil Travis - Super Senator!
Gus Zernial - Philadelphia Athletics
Cecil Travis
Phil Bradley, Former Major Leaguer, Seattle Mariners, Missouri Tigers
Gene Stephens - One Inning Wonder
Danny Walton - Dandy Danny!
Tom Tresh and Mike Tresh
Bobby Richardson - Idol Worship - New York Yankees
Warren Spahn
"Beeney!" - Fred Beene, Former Major League Baseball Pitcher
Jim Gentile - Diamond Jim Was A Gem!
Warren Spahn Dies At 82
Stan Lopata - Former Phillies Catcher
Fergie Jenkins
Stories & Lists
Baseball Todd's 61* Commentary
Baseball Todd's Top 10 Lists
In Memory - Bill Teegins
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris
"Give Me The Triple Combo!"
Great Old Ballcards
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