Dave Parker
Dave Parker
David Gene Parker, nicknamed "The Cobra", is an American former player in Major League Baseball. He was the 1978 National League MVP and a two-time batting champion. Parker was the first professional athlete to earn an average of one million dollars per year, having signed a five-year, $5 million contract in January 1979. Parker's career achievements include 2712 hits, 339 home runs, 1493 runs batted in and a lifetime batting average of .290. Parker was also known as a solid...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth9 June 1951
CityCalhoun City, MS
My comments at that time were based upon some projects that were coming forward that, when you read the projects and read the proposals and the staff reports, it made you wonder who was driving the long-range planning, ... Were we waiting for developers to come forward with a plan or were we stepping forward with a vision of our own?
It'd be tough not to say that it was just a great year, given all that TECO had to control. It ought to set the table for an OK 2006 and improving results in 2007 and beyond.
I did think it a little ironic that we can have two task force meetings and a public hearing and have a half-cent sales tax within six months but we still don't have a clear direction on a nonsmoking ordinance,
This was my goal to reach this point. But we were thankful to have that building, too.
The good news is it's confined to the building of origin.
It's pretty big. It's got 41 buildings which contain 468 apartment units, and it sits on 21 acres.
The bank continues to be under pressure with the very difficult yield environment they find themselves in. But things are moving in the right direction (for the company) after four or five quarters of dismal earnings.
It's a different type of contest. I think people like the unpredictable part of this ... the lure of winning some money ... but the excitement, also, of when that ice goes out, they know they're going to be getting a boat out in a month or so.
I'm just a guy that grew up in a total fun-loving environment. I try to create that everywhere I go. Basically what I'm doing is a reflection of me as an individual, me naturally. I'm not staging or putting on anything. I think my approach to the game is an all-out approach, whatever it takes to win. I've always been that way.
Drugs is a society problem. It ain't just isolated to sports or entertainment. There's people that are doing brain surgeries that probably have dabbled in drugs. There may be some, judges and lawyers involved in the case could have been involved. So it's a problem in all society.
Barry Bonds is outspoken. I think that the people of Pittsburgh felt, it's a syndrome of you've got to apologize for being successful if you're successful (as well as) black and outspoken.
September is pantyhose month. No nonsense.
When the leaves turn brown, I'll be wearing the batting crown
When I wasn't selected for an interview for council, I kind of thought this might be coming,