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Pirate’s family feuding
TANK MCNAMARA
by Jeff Millar &
United Press International
Once, their rallying cry was
“We Are Family.” Now they
might wind up in “family”
court.
Willie Stargell and Dave Par
ker, the heart of the 1979
championship Pittsburgh Pi
rates team, Tuesday continued
their exchange of hard words.
Stargell, now an assistant
general manager with the Pi
rates, Monday spoke critically
of Parker in his newly published
book, “Willie Stargell, An Auto
biography.”
“He played the game out of
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love,” Stargell wrote. “He was
under a tremendous amount of
pressure. But instead of leaning
on a friend when he needed
help, he withdrew into a shell.
As a result he had no one to
turn to for help.”
“I never played the game out
of hate,” he said. “I would have
killed for the man (Stargell) un
til last night. I have yet to talk to
Willie. I think he did it to push
the book. I played the game be
cause of my family and it was a
good way to make money.
Never out of hate.
“I’ll analyze the whole thing
with my legal people,” Parker
added. “I’m not going to hesi
tate going after him. If all this is
true — even though I love him,
if I feel portrayed as someone I
shouldn’t be — there will be a
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Parker joined the Reds as
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years with the Pirates. He twice
led the National League in bat
ting and in 1978 was named
Most Valuable Player.
In other spring training
news, Montreal Expos presi
dent John McHale says he may
seek arbitration to alter the
terms of last week’s trade with
the San Francisco Giants. The
Expos sent first baseman A1 Oli
ver to the Giants for pitcher
Fred Breining and a player to
be named. But Breining re
ported with an injured shoulder
and may not be ready for the
start of the season.
“We want him,” McHale said.
“However, we don’t want dam
aged merchandise.”
In exhibition games Tues
day, Boston defeated Detroit 8-
4 as Wade Boggs and Jim Rice
hit first-inning triples to spark
the Red Sox in the spring train
ing opener for both teams. De
troit’s John Marlin was tagged
for- eight hits' and live runs in
two innings.
Cincinnati rallied to a 6-5 vic
tory over Houston Astros,
marking the debut of Vern
Rapp as Reds manager.
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