Dick Allen - 1967 All Star Home Run

Dick Allen hits a HR in the 1967 All Star Game in Anaheim.

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[drjimiboy69]

@lemaxmas That pitch was low and away, placed perfectly by Dean Chance. Dick Allen clouts it over 400 feet with the monster 40 ounce club. Scientific, precise, no wasted movement. No 'roids. Physics at its best. We wish we could have him on the Mets or Yanks. He would be so much more appreciated in today's game. He could literally hit the ball 600 feet, according to some, at 5'11 190. This guy was no bullshit and the real deal.

[publicatdamagnificen]

@drjimiboy69 My father was 5'10" 180lbs, and Dick Allen wasn't that much bigger than him. Dude was just incredibly strong. Pops used to take us to Tiger Stadium, and he would consistently hit balls in the upper deck bleachers way above the 440ft sign during batting practice.

The sound of his bat hitting the ball was like the sound of a shotgun.

[fek2000]

If the Philly sports writers at the time weren't such racists, Allen would be in the Hall of Fame today. They all sided with Frank Thomas in the 1965 "bat" incident. And then Gene Mauch prohibited Allen from talking about it, just one of his many stupid decisions as a Phillie manager. From 1964 to 1974 Dick Allen was the best hitter in baseball. When he went to the Chisox in 1972 he won an MVP Award and 2 Home Run Titles. He didn't kiss enough sportswriter ass to be in the Hall of Fame.

[1400deadwood]

Philly news media hated Allen and slurred him as much as possible. Read his bio "Crash" as it makes for good reading.

[UncleMikeNJ]

"Now I know why they boo Richie in Philadelphia. When he hits it out, there's no souvenir." -- Willie Stargell... like he should talk, he hit the longest homer ever at the Vet! And Dodger Stadium, and Montreal's Olympic Stadium, and Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium. But not Three Rivers, that was done by... a Phillie, Greg Luzinski!

[starsandstrikes212]

When Dick Allen was hit with a bat by a team mate in philly it was Frank Thomas the big white Frank Thomas who hit him in the right shoulder with a bat which effected his throwing and is why he WENT TO first with THE Sox. The story i heard was Thomas was pickin on ALLEN'S FRIEND TONY TAYLOR ,WITH SLURS ETC AND DICK ALLEN STEPPED IN TO DEFEND HIS FRIEND AND FRANK THOMAS HIT HIM WITH A BAT. THATS A BIG NO NO IN BASEBALL. THE PHILLIES TRADED FRANK THOMAS . THERE WAS A LOT OF

RACISM IN THOSE DAYS.

[lemaxmas]

@lemaxmas his bat was parallel to the ground. He whipped it around so hard and so fast only a slow-mo replay could capture it. I remember how astounded the announcers and fans were and so was I. Did anyone remember seeing that? Was it in the All-Star game?

Thanks.

[lemaxmas]

I saw an Allen at bat years ago on tv that has always stayed with me. I'm wondering if anyone knows when it happened. I thought it was the 1970 All-Star game. But it seems like he had no hits that year.

Allen was at bat and he hit a screaming liner to dead center that never rose more than 15 feet or so. It hit the centerfield wall so fast and hard that Allen, I believe only had a single out of it. On the replay, they showed Allen hitching the bat so far that...

[lemaxmas]

@majorhoop That is so true. I think it also proves that Dick Allen was and is quite the opposite from the rep that some idiot writers pasted him with. It was very thoughtful of you to do that for him and he was as you say a pretty good person to receive such a gesture. Great story. Thanks so much for sharing.

[majorhoop]

@lemaxmas --when we saw him i brought a scorecoard of a phillies/dodgers game i kept score in. i gave it to him as a gift and all the loose pages fell out as he picked it up and he said "Whats this?...." and then he saw the lineups written in and said with some affection "Oh yeah, Schmidt, Luzinski......" his voice trailed off as he drifted into memories and then looked up and said "Thank you". its always cool when a childhood hero actually turns out to be a pretty good person too......