Word: cepeda
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Orlando Cepeda could have a sophomore slump, but the chances are he will turn into the loop's top first baseman. Daryl Spencer and Jim Davenport are both superlative fielders, but both hit .256 last year. The success of the infield will depend on the performance of Andre Rodgers at shortstop, a reformed cricket player who tore the PCL apart last year with a .354 average...
...explosion came quickly. Farrell put the tying runs on base with walks, and Rookie First Baseman Orlando Cepeda doubled them home. Two more walks filled the bases, and a moment later the crowd roared with delight as Farrell wildpitched the winning run home to give the Giants a three-game sweep of the series. "How's that for a way to win a game?" crowed Manager Bill Rigney. "We seem to find a new way every...
Most teams are lucky to turn up one rookie regular a year. The Giants have six rookies playing more or less regularly, and playing well. Cepeda, a good-humored Puerto Rican with a zest for clowning who addresses his teammates as "my boo-days," is hitting both for average (.311) and distance (19 homers, 59 runs batted in). Catcher Bob Schmidt shows power (12 homers) and ability to handle pitchers. Third Baseman Jim Davenport is a fielding fiend, tightens the once porous infield. Slugging Outfielders Leon Wagner (.343) and Willie Kirkland (8 homers) are taking up the hitting slack...
...actually imported a winner. The weather was balmier than any Bay City afternoon is supposed to be in spring. Centerfielder Willie Mays, who may wind up the season as the team's only visible means of support, hit two for five. The vaunted rookies, First Baseman Orlando Cepeda, Third Baseman Jim Davenport and Outfielder Willie Kirkland, outperformed their promise. For the moment, life was wonderful...
When a young caballero once admired the dancing legs of Teresa de Cepeda, she replied: "Look well, it may be your last chance!" A short time later, against the wishes of her aristocratic father, 18-year-old Teresa entered a Carmelite convent. But the Carmelites, noted for being the most austere order of women in the Roman Catholic Church, had grown lax and easygoing in 16th Century Spain, and Teresa eventually found herself setting out to reform them. The result was a strangely dual life that has been one of the wonders and inspirations of Christian history. Though tormented...