Months went by before Dick Allen would finally speak to his son.
One summer, about 10 years ago, as Allen prepared for a family reunion, Richard Allen Jr. headed to a speaking engagement that he knew would not please his father. While the rest of the Allen family gathered, Allen Jr. went elsewhere to a baseball event, grabbed a microphone and told an audience why Dick Allen belongs in the Hall of Fame.
When Allen found out why his son missed the reunion, he was not thrilled. It was a while before they talked again.
“He didn’t have too much to say to me,” Allen Jr.