RIP **** Allen

[Splendid Splinter]

Passed away this afternoon.

Stupid hall of fame voters.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Former Rookie of the Year, MVP, and future HOFer. Screwed over by MLB for many years.

 

[Della9250]

Glad they postponed the Veterans Vote -- it would have been done over the weekend

 

[goalmouth]

He lived in Wampum. Trivia: Which major leaguer actually had " Wampum" as his jersey name for a time?*

("Wampum" was a supposed Native American term for money.)

 

[HanSenSE]

 

[maumann]

Had Hall of Fame sideburns as well.

Interesting trivia: Was the player the Phillies swapped for Curt Flood, who refused the deal and led to the landmark reserve clause suit. Was traded by the Dodgers for Tommy John. And also played for the A's.

 

[HanSenSE]

Had Hall of Fame sideburns as well.

Interesting trivia: Was the player the Phillies swapped for Curt Flood, who refused the deal and led to the landmark reserve clause suit. Was traded by the Dodgers for Tommy John. And also played for the A's.

Wore "Wampum 60" on his uniform back with some of those very-forgettable A's teams in the last years of Charles O. Finley's ownership.

 

[CD Boogie]

Should have been in the Hall years ago. And now they'll probably vote him in, which is a day late and a wampum short.

 

[Songbird]

When I was in Trenton I found out the mayor's favorite player ever was **** Allen and whenever Doug Palmer came into the newsroom I'd start a chat about **** which always made Doug smile even though he didn't know me from Adam. Doug played baseball in college. For years after I left Trenton I'd text Doug any kind of interesting news about Allen and pitched the idea of Doug using his clout to bring **** to Trenton for a weekend to give a few baseball clinics to Trenton Little Leaguers and perhaps impart wisdom about life and fairness thru the lens of not being elected to the Hall of Fame despite his credentials. I really wanted that to happen.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

My teen sports hero. This is just awful. Certainly hit by far the longest homers I ever saw in three different ballparks, Oakland Coliseum, old Connie Mack in Philly and Fenway.

 

[garrow]

Wore "Wampum 60" on his uniform back with some of those very-forgettable A's teams in the last years of Charles O. Finley's ownership.

RIP

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[Songbird]

 

[Sea Bass]

I think Allen played in the Old-Timers game at the 1991 All-Star Game in Toronto. I was there with my father and when Allen came up my father said when the Blue Jays came into the league, he predicted Allen would be the first to hit a ball out of Exhibition Stadium.

I had never seen Allen play before that Old-Timers Game but that always stuck with me.

 

[BartonK]

For those of us too young to remember his career, was it really just reputation that kept him out of the Hall of Fame? The writers didn't like him?
That's certainly what I've been led to believe, but it seems awfully simplistic.

 

[heyabbott]

For those of us too young to remember his career, was it really just reputation that kept him out of the Hall of Fame? The writers didn't like him?
That's certainly what I've been led to believe, but it seems awfully simplistic.

Look up “-Petty Little *****” in the dictionary. And Baseball Writer is first, followed by Jan Brady

 

[Jerry-atric]

For those of us too young to remember his career, was it really just reputation that kept him out of the Hall of Fame? The writers didn't like him?
That's certainly what I've been led to believe, but it seems awfully simplistic.

He had statistics that were not appreciated in his “time.”

 

[HanSenSE]

**** Allen was Philadelphia’s Jackie Robinson | Opinion

 

[Jake from State Farm]

**** Allen on artificial turf: “If a horse can’t eat it I don’t want to play on it.”

 

[Jake from State Farm]

 

[Michael_ Gee]

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Iconic photo. It was in Life magazine IIRC. Suffice it to say that most of white Philadelphia didn't WANT a Jackie Robinson, and that Allen had no interest in playing that role. He was an individualist. On the other hand, there was the night he came back to the '76 Phillies, hit two homers at the Vet and got like four standing ovations. People change, even in Philly.