Baby Bull: From Hardball to Hard Time and BackOrlando Cepeda enjoyed a stellar baseball career in the late fifties and throughout the sixties, but after it ended in the mid-seventies, his life fell apart. In Baby Bull, Cepeda shares his story for the first time. He reflects on his baseball career and shares his twenty-year struggle to rebuild his life and regain his reputation. |
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... York Cubans in the Negro Leagues , pursued him regularly . My father was listed on the Cubans ' roster in 1941 but changed his mind before the season . Had he decided to play there he would have been a big Negro League star . My ...
... York Cubans in the Negro Leagues , pursued him regularly . My father was listed on the Cubans ' roster in 1941 but changed his mind before the season . Had he decided to play there he would have been a big Negro League star . My ...
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... the big leagues in 1958. That honor goes , instead , to Ozzie Virgil , who came up as an infielder with the New York Giants in 1956. And Bobby Avila , the Cleveland Indians ' All - Star second baseman and 1954 American 206 BABY BULL.
... the big leagues in 1958. That honor goes , instead , to Ozzie Virgil , who came up as an infielder with the New York Giants in 1956. And Bobby Avila , the Cleveland Indians ' All - Star second baseman and 1954 American 206 BABY BULL.
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... York City , xii , 129 New York Cubans , 2 , 13 , 23 New York Giants , x , 11 , 18 , 19 , 29 , 35 , 40 , 144 , 206 , 207 . See also San Francisco Giants New York Mets , 88 , 93 , 108 , 156 , 159. See also Shea Stadium New York Yankees ...
... York City , xii , 129 New York Cubans , 2 , 13 , 23 New York Giants , x , 11 , 18 , 19 , 29 , 35 , 40 , 144 , 206 , 207 . See also San Francisco Giants New York Mets , 88 , 93 , 108 , 156 , 159. See also Shea Stadium New York Yankees ...
Contents
Heroes Great and Small | 9 |
San Francisco Here I Come | 33 |
The Georgia Peach and the Say Hey Kid | 59 |
Copyright | |
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