Cepeda served as a batboy on Mays’ winter ball team in Santurce, Puerto Rico, in 1954. “Our beloved Orlando passed away peacefully at home this evening, listening to his favorite music and ...

Orlando Cepeda rides in the World Series Parade and Civic Celebration ... Toward the end of his speech, he shifted to his native Spanish to address the citizenry of Puerto Rico. “I always said that ...

Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda has died at age 86 ... of transporting 170 pounds of marijuana from Colombia to Puerto Rico. Tributes have poured in on social media for the MLB icon.

“Our beloved Orlando passed away peacefully at home this evening ... PR native took his place in the Hall of Fame in 1999 he was only the second player ever from Puerto Rico to reach Hall status ...

Over the next 37 election cycles, only five more Latinos who had played in the AL or NL made it into the Hall: Juan Marichal (Dominican Republic, 1983), Luis Aparicio (Venezuela, 1984), Rod Carew ...