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 Tresh - Yankees - 1962 AL Rookie of the Year
Eddie Fisher
Stu Miller - Relief Pitcher Extraordinaire!
Randy Jones - Recipe For Success
Willie Stargell Dies At 61
Max Alvis - Maximum Overdrive!
Roy Sievers - Slugging First Baseman
Harry Brecheen - Deceased Cardinals Pitcher - One Cool Cat
Bobby Morgan - Brooklyn Dodgers
Tom "Snake" Sturdivant - Former Yankees Pitcher
Johnny Grubb
Bob "Beetle" Bailey - Montreal Expos slugger
Jackson Richard Newville
Baseball Digest Magazine
Phil Bradley, Former Major Leaguer, Seattle Mariners, Missouri Tigers
Harry Brecheen Dead At 89
Jim Gentile - Diamond Jim Was A Gem!
Gus Zernial - Philadelphia Athletics
Warren Spahn Dies At 82
Solly Hemus - Former Cardinal - A Rare Bird!
Johnny Romano - Sweet Honey!
Bobby Richardson - Idol Worship - New York Yankees
Gene Stephens - One Inning Wonder
Ron Hansen - Tall Cool One!
Stories & Lists
Box Score - June 18, 1953
Reversal of Fortunes
Playing To Win!
Fearsome Hitters
Baseball Todd's Photo Gallery
Richard Newville's Little League Team
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