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
Tom "Wimpy" Paciorek - Seattle Mariners And Chicago White Sox Player
Tom Tresh - Yankees - 1962 AL Rookie of the Year
Harry Brecheen - Deceased Cardinals Pitcher - One Cool Cat
Jackson Richard Newville
Harry Brecheen Dead At 89
Dennis Bennett - Against The Odds
Danny Walton - Dandy Danny!
Ron Hansen - Tall Cool One!
Bobby Richardson - Idol Worship - New York Yankees
Gene Stephens - One Inning Wonder
Clete Boyer - Hot Corner Hero - New York Yankees
Warren Spahn
Mel Parnell - Boston Red Sox Southpaw - Finesse Inside Fenway
Solly Hemus - Former Cardinal - A Rare Bird!
Warren Spahn Award
Eddie Fisher
Jim Gentile - Diamond Jim Was A Gem!
Bobby Morgan - Brooklyn Dodgers
Fergie Jenkins
Baseball Digest Magazine
Roy Sievers - Slugging First Baseman
Cecil Travis
"Beeney!" - Fred Beene, Former Major League Baseball Pitcher
Randy "Handsome Ransom" Jackson - Brooklyn Dodgers
Stories & Lists
Baseball Todd's Stories And Archives
Making The Most Of It
1946 St. Louis Cardinals
Box Score - June 18, 1953
Baseball Todd's Award Picks
Baseball Todd's 61* Commentary
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