Hopefully the veterans' committee will make the right move and select Dick Allen for the Hall of Fame. In an era of great sluggers like Mays, Aaron, Mantle, Frank Robinson and Clemente, he was as feared as anyone.
To show how great he was, check out some great quotes about Dick (don't call me Richie) Allen
"He was the finest athlete I've ever seen on the field."
Gene Mauch, on Allen
"He's the closest thing to being the perfect ballplayer that I have ever seen."--Luis Aparicio
"When he hits a home run, there is no souvenir."
--Willie Stargell, on Allen
"The man is undaunted. He is the epitome of poise."
--Reggie Jackson, on Allen
"When he's through with the White Sox, he's going to walk right into the Hall of Fame."---Chuck Tanner
"I would pick Richie Allen over Clemente, Aaron or Mays."--Cookie Rojas
"I think that Dick probably hits the ball harder than anyone in the world."--Boog Powell
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Great Quotes about Hank Aaron
"Slapping a rattlesnake across the face with the back of your hand is safer than trying to fool Hank Aaron."
--Turk Farrell
"Hank Aaron is the greatest right handed hitter since Rogers Hornsby."
--Leo Durocher, said in 1973
"If you need a base, he'll steal it quietly. If you need a shoestring catch, he'll make it, and his hat won't fly off, and he won't fall on his butt."
--Bobby Bragan
"As far as I'm concerned Aaron is the best player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him."
--Mickey Mantle
"I'd pitch just as I would to any other hitter, but I wouldn't be damned fool enough to let go of the ball."
--Tug McGraw--on how he would pitch to Aaron with the bases loaded
"Throwing a fastball by Henry Aaron is like trying to sneak the sun past a roster."
--Curt Simmons
"Magic is the only word used to describe that swing."
--Bobby Thompson
"He could beat you in a dozen ways. He could steal a base when you needed it. He could beat you with his glove."
--Dick Allen
All-Time Great Casey Stengel Quotes
"Old timers games, weekends and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful."
"The trick is growing up without growing old."
"There comes a time in every man's life and I've had plenty of them"
"I love signing autographs. I'll sign anything but veal cutlets. My ballpoint pen slips on veal cutlets."
"Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game--you can win or you can lose or it could rain"
"They say that some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that the ones who drink milk shakes don't win many baseball games"
"Bobby Brown reminds me of a guy whose been hitting for 12 years and fielding one"
"Most ball games are lost, not won."
"Going to bed with a woman the night before a game never hurt a ballplayer. It's staying up all night looking for one that does him in."
Some Classic Yogi Berra Quotes
"Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded."
--on the popular Toots Shors restaurant
"It gets late early out there."
--on the shadows at Yankee Stadium
"I'm not in a slump, I just ain't hitting."
Well I used to look like this when I was young, and now I still do."
--on his youthful appearance
"Yeah, what paper your write for, Ernie?"
--on meeting Ernest Hemingway and being told he was a writer
"Don't know. They were wearing a bag over their head."
--asked if a streaker he saw was male or female
"He can run any time he wants. I'm giving him the red light."
--on Rickey Henderson
"You can't win all the time. There are guys out there who are better than you are."
"I'd say he's done more than that."
--asked if Don Mattingly exceeded expectations
"If people don't want to come to the park, nobody's going to stop them."
"How do I know? I'm not in shape yet."
--on being asked his cap size
"What's a Yogism?"
--after being told he just said a Yogism
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