Page 12/The Battalion/Thursday, December 8, 1983 For more than $700,000 Reds sign ex-Pirate TANK MCNAMARA Parker United Press International NASHVILLE — Dave Par ker, a iwo-lime National League batting champion who played out his option with the Pitt sburgh Pirates, Wednesday re turned home and signed a two- year contract with the Cincinnati Reds. Parker, 32, who was selected by only three clubs in last month’s re-entry draft, agreed to terms with the Reds after three weeks of negotiations. A native of Cincinnati, Par ker will receive $700,000 a year plus incentive bonuses that could increase his pay to more than $800,000 per season. The hard-hitting right fiel der admitted he received a one- year offer from the Pirates but he didn’t feel the money was satisfactory. “I made a lot of friends in Pitt sburgh and it was a great feeling playing for a manager like Chuck Tanner, but there comes a time in a player’s career when he should move on,” said Parker at a news conference. “Appa rently from the contract the Pi rates offered me, they felt it was time for me to move on, too.” Pirates’ general manager Harding Peterson admitted the club refused to budge from its original offer which was made after the season ended. “I’ve learned to try to stay on an even keel,” said Peterson. “If we don’t have Dave Parker, we’ll Plagued by injuries the past two seasons, Parker finally showed flashes of his old form during the second half of the 1983 season and hit .302 with 48 RBI after the All-Star Game. He finished the campaign with a .279 average, 12 homers and 69 RBI. ^VJEU-, LOOK6 UkC UJE'££ JUMPltOG^ OtO THE gASXAmGONJ. tdE KJEW-b [7ICECT&R tc/AMTS> ue> TO HAVE AKJ ANIMAL PfCKlMG NFL GAME WINNERS..- — ^ Pool? 1AJOR. N Lie's “I think I’m still a quality play er and I think I’ll prove that in the coming year,” Parker said. have someone else. We made I m in good shape and I m heal- him an offer the week after the l ^‘. s l * me year for the season was over for one year, first time in quite a while. I think The one year was okay but the ^ I 11 st *^ capable of hitting .300 money was not. So we let it go.” SCHULMAN THEATRES Mon-Fmly Nlte-Sch 6 TtM-Fmly Nlte-MEIII y] Serving Luncheon Buffet Sandwich and Soup Bar Mezzanine Floor Sunday through Friday 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. THE BIG CHILL rrara MR. 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Heller hit his lastfreef with 12 seconds showing f| final margin and anemr| back across the time 1 UTA’s next possessioni| Maverick chances fora* Johnson and AndreAffl UTA with 18 points ead | lb Andersoo BEIRU' leads TecK to Hjed U. aitlhe M |e attack victory fc 1 last three United Press Intcmatw No M LUBBOCK - in Anderson scored21 ofteiiL 6 011 high 23 points intheseco!ipp' a ^ 1I! including seven consecfB 111 . lies, to halt a New Metflf; 01 ^ 111 ' rally as Texas Tech{!p erica down the Aggies 79-66iEi«r nes ( conference meeting ^W 01 , 1 S P night. Anderson’s seven?f|- en points came on a pairojP lmun dunks, a short bank shot front end of a two-shot foil the New Mexico Aggieste jp* tied a 17-point deficit 51 with 6:01 remain:.-;f; rode a pair of long] Bubba Jennings to an start the game. Aftertax as many as 11 on three Tech settled for a 37-28 lead Joining Andersonifli I t] figures for the Raiders*!* (hark d nings and David Reynold ! 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