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Dave Parker

What else do the new HOF inductees have in common?

July 25, 2025

Dick Allen, Dave Parker, CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki and Billy Wagner will become the newest inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame this Sunday. What else to they have in common? They all have books written by or about them. Dick Allen Crash: The Life and Times of Dick Allen, by Dick Allen and Tim […]

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Lest we forget: Dave Parker

June 30, 2025

The Hall of Fame outfielder who spent most of his illustrious career with the Pittsburgh Pirates died on June 28 at the age of 74. Parker, who had been suffering from Parkinson’s for more than a decade, also spent time with the Reds, Athletics, Brewers, Angels, and Blue Jays during his 19 big league seasons. […]

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Baseball Best-Sellers, April 9, 2021

April 9, 2021

A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]

Tagged as: Cleveland Indians, Dave Parker, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams

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Coming down the pike: University of Nebraska Press

December 22, 2020

Something to look forward to. Recently received the Spring/Summer catalog from the University of Nebraska Press, publishers of my own 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die. These folks traditionally come up with thoughtful and somewhat unusual topics, but for their upcoming season, there seems to be a higher number of pertinent titles […]

Tagged as: Boston Red Sox, Dave Parker, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Horace Stoneham, Minnesota Twins, Oscar Charleston, Tony Lazzari, University of Nebraska Press

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Coming down the pike … again (2021 baseball titles)

October 27, 2020

As I mentioned in the previous post, I was looking into baseball titles that came out during the year. So why not kill two birds with one stone with my occasional looks ahead. So looking ahead to 2021, in no particular order: Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood, by Dave Parker and Dave Jordan […]

Tagged as: Babe Ruth, Dave Parker, Jackie Robinson, Mickey Mantle, New York Mets, Roger Maris, Ron Blomberg, Thurman Munson

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Quickie Bookshelf Review: The Cobra at Twilight

December 17, 2019

I don’t watch a whole lot of the MLB Network. I find the shows repetitive, since they show the same programs multiple times over the course of a week. But suddenly a documentary about Dave Parker showed up on my DVR as part of the “MLB Presents…” series. I often just delete these things, but […]

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