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Willa Allen, the wife of the late Dick Allen, gave a speech remembering the former Chicago White Sox All-Star during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony Sunday.
Suzuki referened the lone writer who did not give him a Hall of Fame vote, saying that a previous invitation to dinner had now "expired."
Hall of Fame weekend is underway in Cooperstown and the big event will be the official induction of Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Dave Parker and Dick Allen in a ceremony on Sunday. A funny thing in reflecting on this class is there's excellent diversity.
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Former Phillies and Chicago White Sox great Dick Allen was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday in Cooperstown.
Tom Hamilton joined Jimmy Dudley and Jack Graney in representing Cleveland as winners of the Ford C. Frick Award.
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As of Ichiro’s speech, the writer who left him off the ballot, keeping him from becoming the second unanimous first ballot Hall of Famer, has remained anonymous. Mariano Rivera received a perfect 425 of 425 votes for his initial Hall of Fame bid in 2019.