Happy birthday, Mark Parent

by Adam J. Morris on Sep 16, 2009 2:45 PM CDT

Happy birthday to Mark Parent, who turns 48 today.

Parent was a career backup who the Rangers picked up prior to the 1991 season from the San Diego Padres in exchange for Scott Coolbaugh. He promptly blew out his knee and missed virtually all of the 1991 season, appearing in just three September games and getting one at bat, before leaving as a free agent after the season. He bounced around the league for a while, retiring after the 1998 season.

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Ok, here's some Mark Parent love

“Mark, happy birthday. Now go get your fuckin’ shinebox!”

The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano

by bking on Sep 16, 2009 4:22 PM CDT reply actions

Heh

Would the old “Mark., we hardly knew ye” apply ?

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -

"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce

by Ed Coffin on Sep 16, 2009 4:31 PM CDT reply actions

There's a guy I thought of waaay too often

It seemed like every other pack of cards I’d open had Mark Parent in them from when he was with the Padres. I could probably shingle my house with them.

Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

by WyoRanger on Sep 16, 2009 5:11 PM CDT reply actions