1984 World Series Show led the staff with fifteen wins with Ed Whitson and lefty Mark Thurmond having identical 14–8 records. But the sterling bullpen, headed by Gossage and Craig "Lefty" Lefferts, held the staff together enough to take this team to the "Big Show" although they would falter and get ripped by the Tiger bats losing the Series in five games. To get to the Series, the Padres had to overcome a two-games-to-none deficit against the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS, rallying to win the final three games. The 1984 Padres adopted Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" as their theme song (à la
Ashley Parker Angel role as Carson Wheetly for the movie "" (originally titled, "Wild Things: Criss-Cross") by Sony, filmed in Miami over two months. In June 20 Parker played pop singer Danny Starr in the "Danny Starr / Quinceañera" episode of the children's cartoon "Handy Manny" on the Disney Channel. In which he sang an original song "Twisty Turn Twist" which he co-wrote for the show. In late March 2010 Parker was cast in the role of Todd for the upcoming family superhero movie "Pizza Man" starring Frankie Muniz filmed in Los Angeles. Pizza Man was due for theatrical release in late 2011