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![On this day in 1965, Dick Allen of the Philadelphia Phillies hit an estimated 529-foot home run that cleared the Coke sign atop Connie Mack Stadium’s left-centerfield roof. The home run inspired the Pirates’ Willie Stargell to say, “now I know why [Phillies fans] boo Richie all the time—when he hits a home run, there’s no souvenir.”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3zmbd3MVY1qzz33qo1_500.jpg)
On this day in 1965, Dick Allen of the Philadelphia Phillies hit an estimated 529-foot home run that cleared the Coke sign atop Connie Mack Stadium’s left-centerfield roof. The home run inspired the Pirates’ Willie Stargell to say, “now I know why [Phillies fans] boo Richie all the time—when he hits a home run, there’s no souvenir.”
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