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Orlando Manuel Cepeda Pennes (Spanish pronunciation: [oɾˈlando seˈpeða]; September 17, 1937 – June 28, 2024), nicknamed "the Baby Bull" and "Peruchin", was a Puerto Rican first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for six teams from 1958 to 1974, primarily the San Francisco Giants.
Orlando Cepeda was the first Puerto Rican player to start an MLB All-Star Game. ... his post-retirement life was marred when he was arrested on charges of transporting 170 pounds of marijuana from ...
Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda has died at age 86, his family announced via the San Francisco Giants on Friday. ... until he was arrested in Puerto Rico in 1975 on suspicion of smuggling ...
Grundy had 3 prior DWI convictions. He was arrested a fourth time for DWI in 2011 and, instead of facing the charges, left the country to play abroad until he was arrested again in 2017. [341] Henry James: Retired Dealing cocaine: 5 years [342] [343] "Fast" Eddie Johnson: Retired Burglary, robbery, drug possession, sexual assault on a minor
June 28: Orlando Cepeda. ... A drug arrest marred his reputation after retirement, but he successfully rehabilitated his life as a Giants ambassador and made the Hall of Fame in 1999.
Orlando Hernández was loyal to Cuba, until he was banned from the national team following the defection of his half-brother, Liván. [5] Players attempting to play in MLB often choose not to defect to the U.S. or Canada, because establishing residency there subjects them to the Major League Baseball draft.
Cepeda was placed on the disabled list with a left knee injury. He had 10 knee operations in all, sidelining him four different years. Cepeda had been a first baseman and outfielder before joining the first class of baseball’s designated hitters under the new American League rule. “They were talking about only doing it for three years ...
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