R.I.P. Orlando Cepeda

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Orlando Cepeda - Wikipedia

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Cepeda, Hall of Famer and '67 NL MVP, dies at 86

Hall of Fame slugger Orlando Cepeda, an 11-time All-Star who hit 379 home runs in his 17-year career, died at age 86, the Giants announced.

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Fuuuuuuuuuck.

brutal few weeks for sports

Walton
West
Mays
Cepeda

 

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Fuuuuuuuuuck.

brutal few weeks for sports

Walton
West
Mays
Cepeda

Seems like those guys should never die; especially Mays. He was bigger than life to we Giants fans

 

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R.I.P.
Baby Bull

Orlando Cepeda - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Cepeda, Hall of Famer and '67 NL MVP, dies at 86

Hall of Fame slugger Orlando Cepeda, an 11-time All-Star who hit 379 home runs in his 17-year career, died at age 86, the Giants announced.

www.espn.com

Cepeda was the first of a series of guys who immediately became superstars once trade from the Giants. Felipe and Matty Alou, George Foster, Gaylord Perry, Dave Kingman, Garry Maddox, Gary Mathews, I know I'm missing a few

 

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Cepeda was the first of a series of guys who immediately became superstars once trade from the Giants. Felipe and Matty Alou, George Foster, Gaylord Perry, Dave Kingman, Garry Maddox, Gary Mathews, I know I'm missing a few

Most of Cepeda's good years were with the Giants but he did have some good ones after the trade as well.

 

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Most of Cepeda's good years were with the Giants but he did have some good ones after the trade as well.

Cepeda was traded for Ray Sadecki in May of 1966 and in 1967 was the unanimous winner of the NL MVP award with St Louis and led them to a World Series title that year

 

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Cepeda was traded for Ray Sadecki in May of 1966 and in 1967 was the unanimous winner of the NL MVP award with St Louis and led them to a World Series title that year

How does that contradict my statement?

 

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How does that contradict my statement?

It doesn't. Just pointing out that his best season came right after he was traded from the Giants which is what I was pointing out originally: That in those days, the ticket to success in MLB was to get traded by the Giants and I ran off a litany of examples,

Not sure why you would think I was contradicting your statement