Orlando Cepeda: The Baby Bull Tapa blanda - 1987

Woodford Pub, 1987. Good.

San Francisco: Woodford Publishing, 1987. First Edition . Paper. SIGNED BY ORLANDO CEPEDA ON THE FRONT COVER. The first in a series of monographs on baseball greats. During a career that lasted sixteen years, Cepeda played with the San Francisco Giants (1958-66), St. Louis Cardinals (1966-68), Atlanta Braves (1969-72), Oakland Athletics (1972), Boston Red Sox (1973) and Kansas City Royals (1974). Cepeda would be selected to play in seven Major League Baseball All-Star Games during his career, becoming the first player from Puerto Rico to start one. In 1978, Cepeda was sentenced to five years in prison on drug possession charges, of which he would serve ten months in prison and the rest on probation. In 1987, Cepeda would be contracted by the San Francisco Giants to work as a scout and "goodwill ambassador". In 1999, Cepeda was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. Includes text and many photos. Near fine.