The Good Phight · Dec 8, 2020
The Offseason: 12/8/2020
Photo by: Diamond Images/Getty ImagesIt’s always sad when a franchise icon passes away. It gives you a sense of your own mortality, especially when the player is someone you grew up watching. I am too young to have seen Dick Allen play, but the stories that are told are legendary. Those that watched him swear he hit the ball farther than anyone they had ever seen. There are several pictures of him swinging what appears to be a tree trunk with relative ease. He was a fearsome competitor and someone who is very much Cooperstown-worthy. He will be missed.
On to the links.
The news of Allen’s passing was the biggest story for the franchise yesterday, rightly so.