Growing up in Puerto Rico, Cepeda had baseball in his blood. The family lived in abject poverty, but young Orlando drew constant inspiration from his father, Perucho, one of the greatest ...
Baseball Hall of Fame member Orlando Cepeda died on Friday night at the 86, 10 days after his fellow Giants legend Willie Mays died. The Giants announced the news about Cepeda during their game ...
Orlando Cepeda, one of baseball’s most feared hitters in the 1950s and 1960s, who played in three World Series but whose path to the Hall of Fame was slowed by a drug conviction after his ...