CINCINNATI Cincinnati Reds outfielder Dave Parker says hisformer employers, the Pittsburgh Pirates, are "ignorant" for suinghim for the cocaine use Parker says he ended in 1982.
Parker says the Pirates' lawsuit that alleges he breached hismultiyear contract with the club is just an effort to save the teamfrom paying him $5.3 million in deferred payments. Parker, 34, leftthe Pirates after the 1983 season and signed for 1984 with the Redsas a free agent.
The Pirates announced Monday they were suing Parker to formallycharge that his cocaine use hurt his baseball skills and kept himfrom staying in top physical shape. He violated terms of thecontract by failing to …
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