Dave Parker, with two outstanding throws, is named the All Star game’s MVP

On July 17, 1979 The National League wins its 8th straight All-Star Game, 7 – 6, at Seattle. Lee Mazzilli homers to tie the game in the 8th, and walks in the 9th to bring in the winning run. Dave Parker, with two outstanding throws, is named the game’s MVP, and Pete Rose plays a record 5th All-Star position. The Red Sox provide the starting OF for the American League in Jim Rice, Carl Yastrzemski, and Fred Lynn, though Yaz has played 1B most of the season.

Parker on winning the MVP. “When Bowie handed me the All-Star hardware, man, I carried that thing through the dugout, through the clubhouse and out the Kingdome. It sat beside me on the hotel bar late that night while I cooled out with all the fellas from the game. I might’ve even bought it a drink. Stared at it before I fell asleep. Carried it through Sea-Tac Airport like a damn Cabbage Patch doll.

You got no idea what that trophy meant to me, what that moment means to me now, and it touches me beyond words that the moment means so much to you.”

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