Dick Allen never liked special attention in his hometown. Now his friends in Wampum, Pa. are celebrating his Hall of Fame induction.

Dick Allen never liked special attention in his hometown. Now his friends in Wampum, Pa. are celebrating his Hall of Fame induction.

Last April, not long after Dick Allen was posthumously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, a group of his friends held a meeting in his hometown of Wampum, Pa. They were there to brainstorm ideas on how to celebrate the Phillies slugger. This was not an easy task. Allen was reticent by nature, which was a big reason why he spent so much time in Wampum later in life. He liked the solitude. He liked the fact that there wasn’t a “Dick Allen Way,”…