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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cepeda had stints with the Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals before ... for his humanitarian work off the field. The Orlando Cepeda Foundation promotes and rewards academic ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Orlando ... 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 ...

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 ... 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...