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Dave Parker, two-time World Series champ, dies one month before Hall of Fame induction
Posted on 6/28/25 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 6/28/25 at 5:16 pm
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He was with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 70s and 80s when they were really good. The “we are family” guys. Good guy hate that he didn’t get to see his induction but at least he knew he was in HOF before he died
He was with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 70s and 80s when they were really good. The “we are family” guys. Good guy hate that he didn’t get to see his induction but at least he knew he was in HOF before he died
This post was edited on 6/28/25 at 5:17 pm
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Posted on 6/28/25 at 5:22 pm to UptownJoeBrown
Those unis were fire.
Posted on 6/28/25 at 5:23 pm to UptownJoeBrown
I remember watching in the World Series. He was a monster amongst me. When he connected with the ball it flew out the park. RIP.
Posted on 6/28/25 at 5:36 pm to TutHillTiger
I hate to hear this. Back in 1973 my cousin got me into the Pirate locker room and batting practice before a game with Montreal. I got to meet Parker. He didn’t know me from Jack Frost but treated me like someone he had known for 20 years. Took a picture with me that hangs in my office in Baton Rouge today and he pulled out one of his bats and gave it to me, which I still have. I’ve always respected what he did that day. RIP to a really good dude.
Posted on 6/28/25 at 5:45 pm to nfcpa
RIP cobra
Posted on 6/28/25 at 5:46 pm to TutHillTiger
Oh no.
Posted on 6/28/25 at 5:58 pm to TutHillTiger
For all of his batting prowess, it's often forgotten the absolute cannon he had in RF. There is a video out there from an all star game where he absolutely lasered some dude at the plate.
Posted on 6/28/25 at 6:00 pm to TutHillTiger
The man loved him some cocaine. But he was a hell of a player.
Posted on 6/28/25 at 6:03 pm to TutHillTiger
Posted on 6/28/25 at 6:08 pm to Slippy
Well, hell...
It was a thing @ the time.
Never heard a bad word about him...
RIP
It was a thing @ the time.
Never heard a bad word about him...
RIP
Posted on 6/28/25 at 7:28 pm to TutHillTiger
Posted on 6/28/25 at 7:46 pm to TutHillTiger
Dude had an absolute hose.
RIP
RIP
Posted on 6/28/25 at 8:09 pm to TutHillTiger
I remember when the Cobra broke his jaw in 1978 during a collision with Mets catcher John Stearns. He continued to play first wearing this
Then the Pirates got with the Steelers equipment staff to create this
Loved me some Cobra, especially when he went to my Reds from 1984-87
RIP Cobra. Yet another vestige of my youth gone
Then the Pirates got with the Steelers equipment staff to create this
Loved me some Cobra, especially when he went to my Reds from 1984-87
RIP Cobra. Yet another vestige of my youth gone
Posted on 6/28/25 at 8:25 pm to Slippy
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The man loved him some cocaine.
everyone in the country did, all of the big three sports were filled with coke heads, playing high, drunk, whatever, he was a hell of an athlete but had a reputation as being a pretty big asshoe too
ETA: I remember him wearing a batting helmet in the outfield when the Phillies? had the brilliant idea to have "9 volt battery night"
This post was edited on 6/28/25 at 8:26 pm
Posted on 6/28/25 at 8:35 pm to Lexis Dad
Always been cardinals fan but enjoyed pirates run in 70’s as a kid, mostly because of the cobra. Good at the plate but monster in RF. Unless you had elite speed, might as well sit put at 3rd on sac fly. Very underrated player.
Posted on 6/28/25 at 11:15 pm to 777Tiger
Yeah that’s not a fair criticism, they actually thought coke was good for u in the 70s. It was just a cool party drug. They didn’t know how addictive it really was at first.
It was in Coca Cola at first
It was in Coca Cola at first
Posted on 6/28/25 at 11:37 pm to TutHillTiger
Dave Parker was the fricking man. Plus zero fricks given, dude still smoked in the dugout.
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