Word: kiko
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DIED. Francisco ("Kiko") Bejines, 20, Mexican bantamweight boxer; from head injuries suffered in a World Boxing Council title bout with Alberto Davila on Sept. 1; in Los Angeles. After undergoing 3½ hours of surgery to remove a section of his frontal lobe, the boxer lingered comatose for two more days; his was the 437th boxing death recorded by Ring magazine over the past 64 years. Bejines' wife, pregnant with the couple's first child, remained in their home town of Guadalajara, Mexico...
...pair of infielders from American League clubs, sacrificing a starting pitcher and an outfielder, Astro Ken Forsch moves to California in exchange for Dickie Thon, while Chris Bourjos, who came to Houston from San Francisco in the Enos Cabell deal earlier this year, was swapped to Baltimore for shortstop Kiko Garcia...