Topic: Dave Parker
Quotes
It's the first time in 15 years that I haven't worked in a bar on New Year's Eve
Some U.S. cities ring in New Year early Dec 30, 2006
There's a suggestion that the roof in that part of the building is acting in very strange ways, and tension now comes into it
Scottish Parliament could be homeless Mar 16, 2006
David Gene "The Cobra" Parker (born June 9, 1951 in Calhoun, Mississippi) is an American former player in Major League Baseball. He was the 1978 National League MVP and a two-time batting champion.
He began his career on July 12, 1973 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, for whom he played from 1973 to 1983. In 1977, he was National League batting champion, a feat he repeated in 1978 when he was named the National League's MVP. The Pirates rewarded him with baseball's first million-dollar-per-year contract. The following year, he was an instrumental part of the Pirates' World Series championship team.
During a game in 1979, a powerful hit he made to right field was very difficult to throw into the infield, because he had "knocked the cover off the ball." One of the seams on the ball ruptured, making nearly half of the cover come loose.
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