Wade began writing books to fill the time when he was away from the game. He published his second novel in November.

The Phillies were flying to another city in the late 1960s when Bob Uecker, then the team’s seldom-used backup catcher, told the flight attendant he was sick. Uecker, who died Thursday at 90, asked ...

PHILADELPHIA ... after Allen played the field wearing a batting helmet. The quiet superstar and the affable bench player were a perfect pair. “Dick was pretty quiet,” former Phillies ...

PHILADELPHIA ... Allen "Crash" after Allen played the field wearing a batting helmet. The quiet superstar and the affable bench player were a perfect pair. "Dick was pretty quiet," former Phillies ...

Almost 50 years after his final major-league game, Phillies slugger Dick ... Philadelphia across two stints and became legendary for his power. Wielding a 40-ounce bat, Allen was known to hit home ...

While Abreu probably won't get in on the BBWAA writer's ballot (neither did Dick Allen ... run from 2007 to 2011. Had Abreu still been around to help Philadelphia win a championship, his Phillies ...

NEW YORK — Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected Tuesday along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

For the first time in 30 years, there will be two former Phillies ... time All-Star Dick Allen to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Allen played nine seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies (1963-69, ...

There are more than a handful of candidates, but here are MLB.com’s top five players with Phillies connections currently without a bronze plaque in Cooperstown, N.Y. 1. Dick Allen (58.8 career ... on ...