On Friday night, Kyle Schwarber notched his 1,000th career hit, and a fan had a very specific request to exchange the ball.

The belated gratitude owed Dick Allen is for his manning all the fronts that stood as lines of demarcation in a changing America that was as complex as it was too often unforgiving.

Wagner’s career ERA was 2.31 in 853 appearances. Only Mariano Rivera (2.21) had a lower ERA in the modern era.