Word: parker
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Slugger Dave Parker reigns as baseball's best-paid player...
...happiest millionaire must have been the Pittsburgh Pirates' Dave Parker. At 27, he owns the biggest contract in baseball (around $6 million for five years) and, by the admission of his peers, the gifts to go with it. He is, put sim ply, the best all-round player in baseball. Last year major league general managers voted him the player they would most like to have. Should such judgments seem too subjective for students of statistics, Parker can satisfy them as well: two straight National League batting championships (.338 in 1977 and .334 last season), consecutive Gold Glove Awards...
...city where the late rightfielder Roberto Clemente became a mythic figure, that is quite a tribute. But Parker seems more than equal to the memories of Clemente. Despite his bulk (6 ft. 5 in., 230 Ibs.), his speed (100 yds. in 9.6 sec.) ranks him among the fastest in the major leagues, and he can throw screamers to the plate from the fence...
...this review's regional bigotry damns itself. I can only hope that he is not also provided access to a nuclear weapon at any time in the near future. Austin is simply too nice a place to be "nuked back to the Stone Age" by an off-balance Crimed. Parker C. Folse...
...varsity eight returns to the Charles on April 21 for the annual Stein Cup encounter with Brown. Parker touted the Bruins as a threat to take the San Diego title and Brown coach Vic Michelson vociferously concurred with Parker's assessment in pre-meet statements to the San Diego press. Says cox You: "They're going to be out to get us after what we did to them...