Comments on: Cobra Strike — 1984 Topps Traded Dave Parker Made Me Believe https://staging.waxpackgods.com/cobra-strike-1984-topps-traded-dave-parker-made-believe/ Mom didn't throw out your memories. Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:06:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Adam Hughes https://staging.waxpackgods.com/cobra-strike-1984-topps-traded-dave-parker-made-believe/#comment-27318 Mon, 06 May 2019 00:54:39 +0000 http://staging.waxpackgods.com/?p=2737#comment-27318 In reply to Luke Enno.

One of my all-time favorites, for sure. I think the Hall has been weakened the last few years, which elevates Parker’s case, but enshrining him wouldn’t raise the overall bar. Tough call for me.

]]> By: Luke Enno https://staging.waxpackgods.com/cobra-strike-1984-topps-traded-dave-parker-made-believe/#comment-27218 Fri, 03 May 2019 18:29:42 +0000 http://staging.waxpackgods.com/?p=2737#comment-27218 During his career, he was a feared hitter. Years after his career, upon reflection, I really started to think that Dave Parker should be in Cooperstown. He had a much more prolific career than most players in his era. Over a 16 year run (1975-90) taking into account the 81 strike and him missing a substantial part of 82 and 88, he was a 100 RBI player year in and year out. Along with an MVP, 3 Gold Gloves, 7 All-Star appearances, 3 Silver Sluggers and various other honors including 2 World Series championships, Parker has quite a resume. He even finished 2nd in the MVP race once, 3rd twice and 5th once. So 5 times in his career, the voters deemed him a serious candidate for MVP. Whoever pushes for enshrinement should be advocating to have Parker earn a plaque.

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