The Legendary “Cobra” Dave Parker

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

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4.8 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This week we talk to former baseball MVP, Dave “The Cobra” Parker about his new book “Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood.” We talk to Parker about his career, Roberto Clemente, and even get a vocal performance. Also I’ve got some choice words. I also have Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down awards.

We also have “Choice Words” about the last time there was a movement to get MLB to move the All-Star Game over a decade ago. In addition, we also have “Just Stand Up” and “Just Sit Down” awards to everyone that helped push MLB to olympian Sakura Kokumai for bringing attention to anti-Asian bigotry in the United States and Georgia governor Brian Kemp, who continues to feed the public nonsense about the racist anti-voting bill in Georgia. All this and more on this week’s show!

Dave Parker

Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood

Zirin, The Last Time People Tried to Get Baseball to Move the All-Star Game

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/all-star-game-arizona/

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1:58.7	I'm Dave Zyron.
1:59.7	This week we are talking to a baseball legend.
2:02.1	The one and only should be a Hall of Famer, the Cobra, Dave Parker. He was an MVP. He was a two-time
2:08.2	batting champ. He was the first million dollar athlete, and he was a critical cog to the 1979
2:14.0	Pittsburgh Pirates. We Are Family World Series Champions.
2:19.1	He's also the co-author, along with Dave Jordan of a new book called Cobra, A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood.
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