Do you remember back when the off-season was interesting? When we would get news to talk about? When the Jays would sign players and give us stuff to talk about and, you know, hope for the future? N...
Do you remember back when the off-season was interesting? When we would get news to talk about? When the Jays would sign players and give us stuff to talk about and, you know, hope for the future? No, me neither. Dave Parker is on the Classic Baseball Era Non-Players Committee Ballot . Parker played 19 seasons in the MLB for the Pirates , Reds , A’s , Brewers and most of a season with the Angels, with 13 games as a Blue Jay to end his career. He hit .290/.339/.
He was a top-five player in baseball, and then he suddenly became average. What changed? Quite possibly, it was cocaine that changed things. Cocaine was the drug of the late 70s and early 80s. If you were of the right age and had too much money, odds are cocaine was around you. Parker was known to have used, and he introduced his dealer to the rest of the Pirates. The Pirates were one of the best teams in baseball in the 70s and were one of the worst teams in the 80s.
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