God Almighty Hisself by Mitchell Nathanson PAPERBACK 9780812224412

God Almighty HisselfThe Life and Legacy of Dick Allen\nAuthor(s): Mitchell Nathanson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, United States\nImprint: University of Pennsylvania Press\nISBN-13: 9780812224412, 978-0812224412\nSynopsis\nWhen the Philadelphia Phillies signed Dick Allen in 1960, fans of the franchise envisioned bearing witness to feats never before accomplished by a Phillies player. A half-century later, they're still trying to make sense of what they saw.\n Carrying to the plate baseball's heaviest and loudest bat as well as the burden of being the club's first African American superstar, Allen found both hits and controversy with ease and regularity as he established himself as the premier individualist in a game that prided itself on conformity. As one of his managers observed, \""I believe God Almighty hisself would have trouble handling Richie Allen.\"" A brutal pregame fight with teammate Frank Thomas, a dogged determination to be compensated o.