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"The 42-ounce bat — the heavy piece of lumber Dick Allen used to become one of the greatest sluggers of his generation — has become as synonymous with the Phillies great as the home runs he hit over the Coca-Cola sign at Connie Mack Stadium. It was one of the heaviest bats in baseball history, 11 ounces heavier than what Bryce Harper swings. Allen hit 351 homers with his 42-ounce bats. "That bat was like a weighted bat for us. Dick would swing it right from the end, and I mean, he just had awesome, awesome power. I would love to have known where some of his home runs landed in Connie Mack. He hit them over the roof, over the billboards, out of sight, and you would never know that he hit a home run or a single or struck out. He was the same all the time. He never, never got high. Never got low. He was the same." Shortstop Bobby Wine. Dick Allen hits a measured 529-foot home run completely over the Coca-Cola billboard atop Connie Mack Stadium’s left centerfield roof off RHP Larry Jackson. The first-inning blast sends the Phillies to a 4-2 win over Chicago. Paid attendance was 4,962 plus another 9,000 kids who got in free as part of the Phillies’ "Knothole Day". "Dick Allen was not a ‘clubhouse lawyer’ who harmed team chemistry. Dick was the leader of our team, the Captain, the manager on the field. He took care of the young kids, took them under his wing. And he played every game as if it was his last day on earth." Mgr. Chuck Tanner. "I scouted 90,000 baseball players in my lifetime. Dick Allen was the greatest I ever saw." Veteran Philadelphia Phillies scout John Ogden. Art by Max Mason.