Neil Paine (@neilpaine): "RIP Dave Parker, who won the 1978 NL MVP, was instrumental to the 1979 Pirates’ championship run and finally made the Hall of Fame (alongside Dick Allen) on the 2025 veteran’s committee ballot. Plus, he was without question one of the coolest players from one of baseball’s coole…"

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Jun 28, 2025

RIP Dave Parker, who won the 1978 NL MVP, was instrumental to the 1979 Pirates’ championship run and finally made the Hall of Fame (alongside Dick Allen) on the 2025 veteran’s committee ballot. Plus, he was without question one of the coolest players from one of baseball’s coolest eras:

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Dave Parker, Hall of Famer and former MVP, passes away at 74

His skill was as supreme as his style and swagger. His exploits on the field were the stuff of legend, like the Minor League home run he hit in West Virginia that landed in a coal car and wound up in Columbus, Ohio, or the time he literally knocked the

Jun 28

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