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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

Jackson Richard Newville Jackson Richard Newville Gene Alley - Dead End Alley! Gene Alley - Dead End Alley! Phil Bradley, Former Major Leaguer, Seattle Mariners, Missouri Tigers Phil Bradley, Former Major Leaguer, Seattle Mariners, Missouri Tigers Where Have You Gone Fred Beene? Where Have You Gone Fred Beene? Harry Perkowski - Diamond In The Rough! Harry Perkowski - Diamond In The Rough! Fergie Jenkins Fergie Jenkins Warren Spahn Award Warren Spahn Award Randy Jones - Recipe For Success Randy Jones - Recipe For Success Gus Zernial - Philadelphia Athletics Gus Zernial - Philadelphia Athletics Frank Thomas - "The Original" Frank Thomas - "The Original" Bob "Beetle" Bailey - Montreal Expos slugger Bob "Beetle" Bailey - Montreal Expos slugger Jim Gentile - Diamond Jim Was A Gem! Jim Gentile - Diamond Jim Was A Gem! Tom "Wimpy" Paciorek - Seattle Mariners And Chicago White Sox Player Tom "Wimpy" Paciorek - Seattle Mariners And Chicago White Sox Player Cecil Travis - Super Senator! Cecil Travis - Super Senator! Eddie Fisher Eddie Fisher Walter Smith Baseball Photos Walter Smith Baseball Photos Max Alvis - Maximum Overdrive! Max Alvis - Maximum Overdrive! Randy "Handsome Ransom" Jackson - Brooklyn Dodgers Randy "Handsome Ransom" Jackson - Brooklyn Dodgers Willie Stargell Dies At 61 Willie Stargell Dies At 61 Harry Brecheen - Deceased Cardinals Pitcher - One Cool Cat Harry Brecheen - Deceased Cardinals Pitcher - One Cool Cat Stan Lopata - Former Phillies Catcher Stan Lopata - Former Phillies Catcher Ron Hansen - Tall Cool One! Ron Hansen - Tall Cool One! Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson Tom Tresh - Yankees - 1962 AL Rookie of the Year Tom Tresh - Yankees - 1962 AL Rookie of the Year

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Stories & Lists

Heavy Hitters 1950s 2006 RoughRiders T-Ball 2006 RoughRiders T-Ball Oklahoma All-Stars - Baseball's Best Oklahoma All-Stars - Baseball's Best Lloyd Waner's Statistics Lloyd Waner's Statistics Baseball Todd's Top 10 Lists Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris

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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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