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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... Tony Perez was leading off the next inning for the Reds . Bob Gibson was on the mound . Bob threw tight at Tony . He didn't hit him but teased him with a brushback pitch . Tony made an out and as he was coming back in front of the mound ...
... Tony Perez was leading off the next inning for the Reds . Bob Gibson was on the mound . Bob threw tight at Tony . He didn't hit him but teased him with a brushback pitch . Tony made an out and as he was coming back in front of the mound ...
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... Tony Oliva , Luis Tiant , Tony Perez , and Jose Cardenal became great Cuban ballplayers of the 1960s . Luis Tiant's father , like mine , was a great Latin ballplayer . Often called the " Cuban Carl Hubbell , " even the " Black Lefty ...
... Tony Oliva , Luis Tiant , Tony Perez , and Jose Cardenal became great Cuban ballplayers of the 1960s . Luis Tiant's father , like mine , was a great Latin ballplayer . Often called the " Cuban Carl Hubbell , " even the " Black Lefty ...
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... Tony was stranded . Two Latin scouts told the Twins they might as well keep Tony since he had a six - month visa . Two years later Tony won the American League batting championship as a rookie , leading the league in base hits and runs ...
... Tony was stranded . Two Latin scouts told the Twins they might as well keep Tony since he had a six - month visa . Two years later Tony won the American League batting championship as a rookie , leading the league in base hits and runs ...
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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