Alongside the stage here at the Clark Sports Center, a giant video board began to show a highlight montage to preface Dick Allen’s formal induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. A chyron promised that the attendees would hear Mike Schmidt on Dick Allen,

Eagles coach Vic Fangio opened Tuesday's press conference by presenting a prized gift: a Phillies No. 15 Dick Allen jersey.

For me, and baseball lovers from Philly just like me, Allen was life-altering. After a nearly 50-year wait, he was immortalized in the Hall.