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
Randy Jones - Recipe For Success
Tom "Snake" Sturdivant - Former Yankees Pitcher
Phil Bradley, Former Major Leaguer, Seattle Mariners, Missouri Tigers
Clete Boyer - Hot Corner Hero - New York Yankees
Dennis Bennett - Against The Odds
Frank Thomas - "The Original"
Where Have You Gone Fred Beene?
Max Alvis - Maximum Overdrive!
Lloyd And Paul Waner
Bobby Richardson - Idol Worship - New York Yankees
Johnny Grubb
"Beeney!" - Fred Beene, Former Major League Baseball Pitcher
Mel Parnell - Boston Red Sox Southpaw - Finesse Inside Fenway
Harry Brecheen Dead At 89
Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson
Willie Stargell Dies At 61
Oscar Gamble - Dream Weaver!
Fergie Jenkins
Tom Tresh - Yankees - 1962 AL Rookie of the Year
Bobby Morgan - Brooklyn Dodgers
Eddie Fisher
Harry Brecheen - Deceased Cardinals Pitcher - One Cool Cat
Stan Lopata - Former Phillies Catcher
Cecil Travis - Super Senator!
Stories & Lists
Predictions And Stuff
1961 All-Star Games - Box Scores
Baseball Todd's 2003 Award Picks
2006 RoughRiders T-Ball
Baseball Todd's 2002 Predictions
Oklahoma All-Stars - Baseball's Best
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