Greatest Player Since 1970?

I remember that play as if it were yesterday. Something was wrong with our color TV, so I got out the old portable black and white for the All Star game.
Yeah, Parker had his bouts with drugs and injuries. But the Pirates fans did him absolutely no favors. They would take the batteries out of their radios and throw them at Dave. I was at a game where a smoke bomb landed somewhere between Omar Moreno and Parker
I was looking up stats the other day and forgot just how productive he was for Oakland during their late 80s World Series run.
His comeback season with the Reds was also great.
 
I always liked Parker. One of many 70s/80s players that don't get the appreciation they should
I was at the game Saturday where they honored the 1979 Pirates and had a Dave Parker bobble head giveaway.

Age is a bitch. As I was remembering back to my youth and watching the gifted athlete, amazing player and imposing physical specimen that was Dave Parker, here he was in the stadium a gaunt shell of a man. It broke my heart, the same way seeing your parents age does.
 
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