Parker, Hall of Fame and Cooperstown
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Dave Parker passed away less than a month away from his induction ceremony, making his son's speech hit that much harder as it happened. Dave Parker II even mentioned that he died while writing his Hall of Fame speech.
Both Hall of Famers were elected last December by the Classic Baseball Era Committee. Allen passed away in 2020 and Parker died this June 28.
Dave Parker II will speak at the Hall of Fame induction on Sunday, nearly a month after his father died at 74.
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COOPERSTOWN, New York — Former Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Dave Parker’s son shared a poem written by his late father, during Parker’s posthumous induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday.
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Pittsburgh Baseball Now on MSNWATCH: Dave Parker II Shares Poem Written By Late Father at CooperstownFormer Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Dave Parker was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Parker, who played 11 of his 19 Major League seasons with the Pirates,
As for the Pirates, the Bucs served as bookends for that phenomenal decade of ‘70s baseball by defeating the excellent Baltimore Orioles in both the 1971 and 1979 World Series. Arguably, the best of the Pirates’ teams of the decade were in the mid-1970s, but they couldn’t get past the Big Red Machine.