In his small western Pennsylvania hometown, the noise around Allen receded. There he was “Sleepy,” a loyal friend, who loved ...
if only Dick Allen were alive to see his long overdue selection as a Hall of Famer.” How often do you think that sentiment has been uttered in the last few days? The Classic Era Committee ...
It had grown so bad that he could not travel to Dallas over the weekend for the announcement for which he’d waited so long: that his friend, his “big brother” Dick Allen, was finally getting ...
On a cold Monday in early December, Don Mancini drove along the winding roads of western Pennsylvania. He took a right turn at an old white church, ...
Pittsburgh's Action News 4 visited Dick Allen's hometown in Lawrence County, where Dick and two of his brothers made history ...
The hats of four of the five members of the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class will have something in common, with one exception: CC Sabathia.
The Classic Era Committee also elected Dick Allen, sending him to the Hall of Fame nearly five years after his death. Allen's family has decided that he will wear a Philadelphia Phillies cap on ...
But on a cold December day, Don Mancini, who met Allen in 2014, took out a baseball with three letters scribbled on the front — “H. O. F.” — and four numbers on the side — “2-0-2-5.” He put it in a ...
Wampum Borough Council is interested in starting a committee to memorialize Dick Allen. Council Vice President Bob Shrock ...
He walked through the graveyard until he reached a simple tombstone. It belonged to Richard “Dick” Allen. There was no mention of Allen’s accolades from his 15-year major league career ...