Word: cepeda
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Orlando Cepeda, the Baby Bull, hit a grand slam home run in the third inning to give the Braves enough runs to win. Phil Niekro won his 22nd game with help from another knuckleballer, Hoyt Wilhelm...
Kaline's heroics would not have helped much if Mickey Lolich, rocked for three runs in the first inning when Orlando Cepeda smacked a two-run homer, hadn't blanked the Cardinals the rest...
...year-old left-hander had a shut-out going until the sixth inning when the Cards finally scored on a walk to Lou Brock, a single by Curt Flood and a bloop single by Orlando Cepeda...
...Louis Cardinals will win the National League pennant again this year for several reasons: Bob Gibson, Orlando Cepeda, Lou Brock, Curt Flood, Tim McCarver, Roger Maris and Julian Javier...
This season Cepeda batted .325, clouted 25 homers and drove in 111 runs-tops in the National League. He also appointed himself a sort of team psychiatrist-playing cha-cha records in the clubhouse to dispel the gloom after losses, leading the club in cheers after each St. Louis victory. His enthusiasm was catching-and his bat did the rest. Picked by experts and oddsmakers to finish no better than fifth, the Cardinals ran away with the National League pennant, went on to beat the Boston Red Sox in seven games in the World Series. Last week Cepeda...