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
Bob "Beetle" Bailey - Montreal Expos slugger
Johnny Grubb
Danny Walton - Dandy Danny!
Gus Zernial - Philadelphia Athletics
Oscar Gamble - Dream Weaver!
Willie Stargell Dies At 61
Max Alvis - Maximum Overdrive!
Warren Spahn
Tom Tresh and Mike Tresh
Mel Parnell - Boston Red Sox Southpaw - Finesse Inside Fenway
Stu Miller - Relief Pitcher Extraordinaire!
Dennis Bennett - Against The Odds
Jim Gentile - Diamond Jim Was A Gem!
Harry Brecheen Dead At 89
Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson
Johnny Romano - Sweet Honey!
Frank Thomas - "The Original"
Bobby Morgan - Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackson Richard Newville
Bobby Richardson - Idol Worship - New York Yankees
Roy Sievers - Slugging First Baseman
Warren Spahn Dies At 82
Cecil Travis - Super Senator!
Walter Smith Baseball Photos
Stories & Lists
2001 Predictions
Box Score - June 18, 1953
Baseball Todd's 2002 Predictions
Baseball's Best Years?
1961 All-Star Games - Box Scores
Unassisted Triple Plays - The Dandy Dozen!
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