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
Frank Thomas - "The Original"
Roy Sievers - Slugging First Baseman
Walter Smith Baseball Photos
Randy "Handsome Ransom" Jackson - Brooklyn Dodgers
Randy Jones - Recipe For Success
Johnny Romano - Sweet Honey!
Baseball Digest Magazine
Tom Tresh - Yankees - 1962 AL Rookie of the Year
Jim Gentile - Diamond Jim Was A Gem!
Cecil Travis - Super Senator!
Solly Hemus - Former Cardinal - A Rare Bird!
Phil Bradley, Former Major Leaguer, Seattle Mariners, Missouri Tigers
Stan Lopata - Former Phillies Catcher
Harry Brecheen - Deceased Cardinals Pitcher - One Cool Cat
Fergie Jenkins
Dennis Bennett - Against The Odds
Where Have You Gone Fred Beene?
Tom Tresh and Mike Tresh
Bobby Richardson - Idol Worship - New York Yankees
Danny Walton - Dandy Danny!
Mel Parnell - Boston Red Sox Southpaw - Finesse Inside Fenway
Bobby Morgan - Brooklyn Dodgers
Cecil Travis
Gus Zernial - Philadelphia Athletics
Stories & Lists
Box Score - June 18, 1953
Ed Vosberg
Ultimate Grand Slams!
Baseball's Best Years?
1933 American League All-Star Team
Fearsome Pitchers
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