Orlando Cepeda Baseball Career Highlights
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00:00Red hot rookies including Orlando Cepeda, Willie Kirkland and Jim Davenport.
00:05Orlando Cepeda, 1958's top rookie, turnabout is fair play, and Henry Aaron's extra base bid becomes a great big out, as Orlando Cepeda comes up with a circus catch.
00:21On the other hand, Orlando Cepeda, the power-packed Puerto Rican, pounded the pill like a player possessed.
00:31Cepeda is a bull with a bat. He's young and strong and destined to become one of the outstanding power hitters of all time.
00:38Orlando led the National League in home runs with 46 and runs batted in with 142.
00:44Orlando Cepeda, hitting well above 300, reaches for an outside pitch and punches it toward right field.
00:50His drive hits the base of the upper deck and right field for muscular Orlando's 15th home of the season.
00:56Maine's catch is in ahead of him, and the pace-setting Giants go on to overpower New York's newest baseball entry by a 10-1 score.
01:03It's a tough day for the Mets and Casey Stengel, as Aldar type.
01:07A Lou Burdette pitch is pickled by Cepeda, and she's long gone.
01:11Runner up for the National League's most valuable player award, Giant fans roar, Viva Cepeda!
01:19The elements are the same brawl, and when Cepeda crunches the ball, it's on a non-stop flight over the wall.
01:27Early season action saw Orlando Cepeda launch a batting surge that made him the hitting scourge of the National League.
01:35The big first baseman drove in 114 runs and hit 35 homers with a .306 average.
01:43With two on base in the first inning, Orlando Cepeda blasts the towering drive to deep center.
01:48It roars over Bill White's hip for a triple that drives in two runs.
01:57Orlando Cepeda gives one a long ride, all the way to the fence in right center.
02:05Mayes brings home a San Francisco run.
02:13Orlando Cepeda hammers the ball into deep right center.
02:17Mandel and Maris race forward, it's in between them for extra bases.
02:26Mayes trots home from third, and Cepeda pulls up at second base with a double.
02:33Orlando Cepeda, with two hits already, adds a third to the line single to center.
02:42Killer scores, and the Giants have lengthened their margin to 5-1.
02:46Through baseball, I escaped from Puerto Rico.
02:49Escaped poverty.
02:51Through baseball, I built a name for myself.
02:54Through baseball, I opened the gate for more Puerto Ricans, black Puerto Ricans,
03:00to come to this country and play ball for a living.