KNOWN AS BAB Orlando Cepeda, the Hall of Fame baseball player who was the first designated hitter in Boston Red Sox history, died Friday at the age of 86.The Puerto Rico native nicknamed "Baby ...

Cepeda often said the DH rule led to his reaching the Hall of Fame in 1999 when he was selected by the veterans committee. Orlando Cepeda ... Series against the Red Sox as St. Louis won the ...

The baseball world suffered a difficult loss this week as MLB Hall of Famer and former Red Sox designated hitter Orlando Cepeda died at ... he spent one season in Boston, becoming one of the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Orlando ... the Red Sox called Cepeda in December 1972 to inquire whether he’d like to be their first designated hitter, the unemployed player accepted on the spot. “Boston ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Orlando ... the Red Sox called Cepeda in December 1972 to inquire whether he'd like to be their first designated hitter, the unemployed player accepted on the spot. "Boston ...

Hall of Fame slugger Orlando Cepeda has died at age 86 ... Atlanta Braves, Oakland A's, Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals. Over that decorated career, he amassed 2,351 hits, 379 home runs ...

This, and only this, is when I’ll believe the Red Sox’ interest in Juan Soto is ... Eddie Mathews (No. 6), Mantle (No. 8), and Orlando Cepeda (No. 9) — mortal-lock future Hall of Famer ...

FILE - St. Louis Cardinals' Orlando Cepeda, left, and Boston Red Sox's Carl Yastrzemski pose for a photo in March 1968 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Cepeda, the slugging first baseman nicknamed “Baby ...

A native of Puerto Rico, Cepeda’s many friends included the late José Manuel Cora, the father of Red Sox manager Alex Cora. Orlando Cepeda ... still feels at home in Boston, even as a visiting ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Orlando ... Red Sox called Cepeda in December 1972 to inquire whether he would like to be their first designated hitter, the unemployed player accepted on the spot. “Boston ...

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