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Jim Parque
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, are an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprise of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896. The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent at least one color of the participating country’s national flag.
James Vo Parque was born on February 8, 1976 in Norwalk, California. James is a former Vietnamese-American pitcher in Major League Baseball. Parque attended Crescenta Valley High School, where as a senior, he compiled a 12-3 record and was voted the League Player of the Year and MVP, the Most Valuable Player.
He attended UCLA, the University of California, Los Angeles, and was the Bruins' top starter. He earned All-Pac 10 Honorable Mention, leading his school with 84 strikeouts in 14 starts. In 1996 he was the only left-handed pitcher on the Olympics baseball team that won a bronze medal in Atlanta. In 1994 he was drafted in the 50th round by the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the 1997 supplemental draft he was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st Round. Parque spent his first five seasons with the White Sox. He enjoyed his best season in 2000, going 13-6 with a 4.28 ERA, Earned Runs Average, before being beset by arm problems.
On Jun 24, 2004, he announced his retirement after playing seven seasons of professional baseball due to his recurring arm injury from 2000. With all his dedication and devotion in his play he achieved many goals in his overall athletic career. He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts. He never lost hope in himself and always fought hard to achieve his goal. He is still remembered as one of the best athletes in the history of Olympics.
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