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His bat is faster than a speeding far fete
bullet. His arm is more powerful he wei
than a locomotive. His speed recently
enables him to steal bases in a Pirates
single bound. And his menacing are not
presence sends opposing National Parker'
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scurrying around searching for
kryptonite. "It i
thing,"
He does not wear the red and i was
blue of Superman, but rather the 1979 baj
black and gold of the Pittsburgh I'm goii
Pirates. more yi
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Dave Parker, right fielder of the Parke
Pirates and this Dast vear's NT. tront
most valuable player. instead
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Superman seems a bit what I consider autom
hed, Parker gets paid as if and do whatever necessj
e Superman. Parker, 27, a game. I really can't go
7 signed a contract with the field," he said. "Everyi
and though exact figures takes place out there
t known, estimates place taneous, it's really be
s salary around $5 million control."
years.
Parker starred in
neans security for one football and basketbal
Parker said. "That's what cinatti quarter Tech hi
conlrinrf ? ? 41?- 1
kjvvmi 6, a^i uuciim^ uie ana displayed his tale
>eball season knowing that catcher to most of the ]
lg to be in Pittsburgh five before his senior year,
ears and not have a coner
my head." A baseball career
r discounts the big con- certain until he injured a
11 slow down his play but football game and sent ir
make him play "twice as scouts packing. Ext
k|V\ 1 appearing in just 54 gam
1974 he tore a hamst
sSPr missed two months of U
P^x immrm His first full season, 197
HH^K; batted .308, hit 25 homo
101 ^^ns ^tt0^ a
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ere I'm on triple crown. That's what I wo
tatic pilot like to do, win the triple crown."
ary to win
out on the Parker said playing in I
thing that sburgh has made it more diffi
is SDon- to net recognition in enmrwrisn
yond my bigger cities. "I think the sec
batting title has kind of. made
baseball public aware of who D
baseball, Parker is. But," Parker contini
1 at Cin- "It would have been much ea
gh school for me to be known on a house]
;nts as a basis if I did play in New Yorl
NL scouts Los Angeles.
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seemed contracts and free-agentry will
knee in a hurt baseball. "If you are speal
lost of the of outpricing the market, I d
;ept the think that you can outprice
ker in the market with some of the h
aft. salaries," he explained. "The g
that are making the kind of mo
ly in 1973, that is out there now, the $800,
les, and in the $500,000, the million dollai
.ring and year thing, it's an elite group th
le season, getting this money. Frankly,
5 Parkpt* ? * "
c.an Couni tnem on one hand at
runs; had present time, speaking of a Car
won the a Kose, a Rice and myself.
Parker
felt I was
"As far as free agentry, I tl
the players are finally getting tl
jss in 1976 just right. A lot of players
home 90 hemmed up in organizations I
won the are not real good organizations
I average they are stuck there. With the I
s, doubles agent draft, it's kind of maintai
a little better place for
lis second ballplayers," referring to plaj
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ng .00-4, ueing auie 10 cnange teams ur
league in certain conditions," Parker ad(
runs and
What of the Phillies, the team
the 1979 Pirates have finished second to
for the last three seasons and the addil
"I would of Pete Hose? In a word, Parke
season. confident.
' season I "Philadelphia doesn't have w
ining the I consider that aggressive dri
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d, talent
uM that determination," he said. "I
think Rose will feature that for
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umn. i uuiiK ne is going 10 reneci a
>itt- lot to the ball club. You get good
cult performances out of some of their
n to players and you're going to get
ond even better performances because
the of a Pete Rose's attitude."
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Broadcasts
big
I not
ting
on't
the The USC women's basketball
trge team will participate in the
[uys Association of Intercollegiat
,ney Athletics for Women regional
000, play-offs at Knoxville, Tenn., this
*s a week.
at's
you The Lady Gamecocks will face
the Kentucky state champion
ew, Morehead State in the first round.
- ' If they advance to the semi-finals,
a possible opponent is Clemson.
USC defeated the Tigers this past
link weekend in the state championship
heir game.
get
that WUSC-FM will be handling the
and play-by-play coverage of all
Free Carolina games in the tournament,
ned The first broadcast will begin at
the 1:55 p.m. Thursday with the USC'ers
Morehead State game. There will
ider also be a broadcast on Friday
ied. beginning at 6:55.
the The finals are scheduled for
the Saturday at 9 p.m., and air time is
lion set for 8:55 if the Lady Gamecocks
r is are still in the tournament. WUSC
sports director Howard Cornfield
hat will be doing the play-by-play along
ve, with Greg Davie.
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