RIP, Cobra (Dave Parker)

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fourheels said:
Dave Parker has passed.

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The Cobra was just elected to the HOF and now will be inducted posthumously. A shame that he didn't live to experience that honor that should have happened years ago.
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I'm surprised I've never heard of this guy. His big years were before my childhood but I still thought I knew who most of those 70's Stars were. Seems like a character. Glad he made it in.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
I'm surprised I've never heard of this guy. His big years were before my childhood but I still thought I knew who most of those 70's Stars were. Seems like a character. Glad he made it in.
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One of the best and most feared players in baseball for much of the 70s and 80s and a key cog om the '79 Pirates world championship team (also won in 1989 with the A's). Had a legendary cannon of an arm that won him the MVP of the 1979 All-Star Game. His on the field accomplishments were overshadowed a bit by the MLB cocaine scandal and trial in the 80s and pro ably contributed to delay his rightful place in Cooperstown.
 
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fourheels said:
One of the best and most feared players in baseball for much of the 70s and 80s and a key cog in two Pirates world championship teams. Had a legendary cannon of an arm that won him the MVP of the 1979 All-Star Game. His on the field accomplishments were overshadowed a bit by the MLB cocaine scandal and trial in the 80s and pro ably contributed to delay his rightful place in Cooperstown.
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1 Pirates championship
1 A’s championship

One of my favorite players a kid.
 
Sad news, particularly when he was so close to induction.

Btw, is it weird that my first thought when reading the thread title was that Stallone had died?
 
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