RIP Dick Allen !!!
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:40 pmI just saw that Dick Allen died today...
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:40 pmRe: RIP Dick Allen !!!
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:48 pmHe went .292 with 351 HRs and 1119 RBIs over the course of his career... he was MVP of the American League in 1972 and rookie of the year in National League in 1964...
Re: RIP Dick Allen !!!
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2020 10:18 pmGod I hate getting old. All my favorites from when I was young are going fast.
RIP Dick - you were fun to watch
RIP Dick - you were fun to watch
Re: RIP Dick Allen !!!
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:00 pmRe: RIP Dick Allen !!!
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:56 amAnother Cooperstown Crime :(
Like with Ron Santo, pathetic voters waited until after Allen had died, before he was enshrined (assuming he will get into HOF shortly).
Playing in the depth of the Modern Deadball Era, Dick Allen was one of the top 20 greatest right-handed hitters in the history of major league baseball. There's some talk that he had a short career, but that's nonsense - he generated plenty of numbers in the eleven years from 1964 to 1974 (Hank Greenberg or Jimmie Foxx had similar careers). He should have been in the majors a year or two earlier and in the mid-seventies, he simply got bored. An incredible power hitter - had he played in the 20s, 30s, or 90s his numbers would be off the charts.
...and on the subject of Cooperstown Crimes, it looks like they're still waiting for Bobby Grich to die, before he get in
Like with Ron Santo, pathetic voters waited until after Allen had died, before he was enshrined (assuming he will get into HOF shortly).
Playing in the depth of the Modern Deadball Era, Dick Allen was one of the top 20 greatest right-handed hitters in the history of major league baseball. There's some talk that he had a short career, but that's nonsense - he generated plenty of numbers in the eleven years from 1964 to 1974 (Hank Greenberg or Jimmie Foxx had similar careers). He should have been in the majors a year or two earlier and in the mid-seventies, he simply got bored. An incredible power hitter - had he played in the 20s, 30s, or 90s his numbers would be off the charts.
...and on the subject of Cooperstown Crimes, it looks like they're still waiting for Bobby Grich to die, before he get in
Re: RIP Dick Allen !!!
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:15 amAGREED
Re: RIP Dick Allen !!!
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 5:00 pmRiggoDrill wrote:Another Cooperstown Crime :(
Like with Ron Santo, pathetic voters waited until after Allen had died, before he was enshrined (assuming he will get into HOF shortly).
Playing in the depth of the Modern Deadball Era, Dick Allen was one of the top 20 greatest right-handed hitters in the history of major league baseball. There's some talk that he had a short career, but that's nonsense - he generated plenty of numbers in the eleven years from 1964 to 1974 (Hank Greenberg or Jimmie Foxx had similar careers). He should have been in the majors a year or two earlier and in the mid-seventies, he simply got bored. An incredible power hitter - had he played in the 20s, 30s, or 90s his numbers would be off the charts.
...and on the subject of Cooperstown Crimes, it looks like they're still waiting for Bobby Grich to die, before he get in
Agreed. Both Santo and Allen were qualified HOFers by merit. Santo cut short by diabetes, Allen by lack of interest.