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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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...