What else does one need to say about Dave Parker other than provide a link to one of the greatest defensive plays I've ever seen! Going into the 1979 All-Star Game Parker was one of my favorite players but those two throws only confirmed it. I know things didn't end well in Pittsburgh but I just prefer to remember that game and forget about the Pittsburgh drug trials and his spat with Willie Stargell.
As an A's fan his coming to Oakland via a trade that sent Jose Rijo to the Reds would come back to haunt us the year this set was released and Parker was by then playing for the Brewers. Nevertheless, we did get a ring in 1989, earthquake and all.
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