Word: player
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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...
When the new season got under way last week, the temperature trembled at a subfreezing 31° in Pittsburgh, and Parker was every bit as cold. While umpires picketed outside Three Rivers Stadium and other major league parks in pursuit of a pay raise, baseball's best-paid player struck out twice, had no hits in four at-bats and made a fielding error in a 3-2 Pirate loss. Still, Tanner was not about to eat his words. Parker himself was calmly philosophical. "There's 161 games to go," said he. "I think I can improve...
...ahead: "It isn't going to be easy for Dave. He's a very private person for all his clubhouse clowning, and some of the things that happened have hurt him. But he's still got one very big weapon: he's the best player in the world...
...Pompan, the Crimson's number one player, mesmerized pigeon-toed Tim McAvoy, 6-1, 6-2, with aggressive net play, hard groundstrokes and passing shots and the occassional...