"It's like waiting on that third out. Just waiting. It's a load off my mind and off my back. Because he never wanted to talk about it, he never did talk about it. He always felt other people were more deserving." - Richard Allen Jr.
"He oozed swag and cool, marched to a beat of his own percussion and famously graced a cover of Sports Illustrated in 1972 juggling baseballs and smoking a cigarette in the White Sox' dugout at Comiskey Park."
"From 1964-74, among players with 2,000 or more plate appearances, Allen produced a 165 OPS+. That number topped a Hall of Fame list that includes Willie McCovey, Frank Robinson, Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle..."
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