Inside Baseball: Enshrined or not, Allen has clout - Philadelphia Inquirer

Inside Baseball: Enshrined or not, Allen has clout
Philadelphia Inquirer
Last Wednesday, 33 summers after he last whipped that utility-pole bat, Dick Allen walked uncomfortably into a meeting room at the ...

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Allen, McGraw head Phila. Hall of Fame class - Philadelphia Inquirer

Allen, McGraw head Phila. Hall of Fame class
Philadelphia Inquirer
... during a lunchtime news conference Wednesday at the Sheraton Society Hill, is topped by a pair of former Phillies, Dick Allen and the late Tug McGraw. ...
Phila. Hall of Fame to induct Bobby Shantz Pottstown Mercury
Shantz chosen for Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame Pottstown Mercury

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Jamie Moyer Doesn't Belong in the Hall of Fame - Philadelphia Magazine (blog)

Jamie Moyer Doesn't Belong in the Hall of Fame
Philadelphia Magazine (blog)
This is about the two recent articles in local newspapers regarding the Hall of Fame prospects of Jamie Moyer and Dick Allen, two of the more interesting ...

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Mt. Diablo school district refuses to release voter poll results - San Jose Mercury News

Mt. Diablo school district refuses to release voter poll results
San Jose Mercury News
Trustee Dick Allen, who did not receive the poll results, said he was not aware that the board had two options. In hindsight, he said the board should have ...

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Mt. Diablo trustees deny superintendent authority to appoint new principals ... - San Jose Mercury News

Mt. Diablo trustees deny superintendent authority to appoint new principals ...
San Jose Mercury News
Trustee Dick Allen also said he did not recall the board giving a superintendent such authority in the past. "I know I'm not prepared to relinquish that," ...

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From vacant to valuable - Beatrice Daily Sun

From vacant to valuable
Beatrice Daily Sun
In 2009, Dick Allen, owner of Prairieview Industries in Fairbury wanted to do something about the vacant building, so he bought it. ...

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Why St. Louis loves Whitey Herzog - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Why St. Louis loves Whitey Herzog
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Despite rosters that included names like Brock, Gibson, Dick Allen, Ted Simmons, Joe Torre, Keith Hernandez, Bob Forsch and Reggie Smith, the Cardinals ...

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Hard work always key for Philly Hall of Fame inductee Phil Jasner - Philadelphia Daily News

Hard work always key for Philly Hall of Fame inductee Phil Jasner
Philadelphia Daily News
11 at the Sheraton are: Dick Allen; Hobie Baker (the award for college hockey's best player is named after the legendary Princeton athlete from Bala Cynwyd, ...
Phil Jasner inducted into Philly HOF and a Philadelphia perspective on George ... Examiner.com
DN sportswriter Phil Jasner named to Philly Sports Hall of Fame Blinq (blog)

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This Day In History

Maximilien Robespierre: Reign of Terror leader was guillotined in Paris during the French Revolution (1794)

Quote of the day

"I love the irony — I've spent over 400 hours of my life looking for comets, and haven't found anything, and now, suddenly, when I'm not looking for one, I get one dumped in my lap."...

by Alan Hale