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Originally Posted by captaincarl
As a side track, here is a story involving Dick Allen.
He was with the White Sox and they were on the road in Boston against the Red Sox. Allen hit a screaming line drive 3/4 of the way up the "green monster" that was hit so hard that it took one hop off the wall back to shortstop Rico Petrocelli. Petrocelli almost threw him out at first base since Allen wasn't running hard down the line.
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The shame of it all is that if Richie(or Dick) could have cast his personal demons aside, he undoubtedly would be in the Hall Of Fame today.