Orlando Cepeda

**Orlando Manuel Cepeda Pennes** (sha’bakwai ga watan Satumba 17, shekarar alif dubu daya da dari tara da talatin da bakwai 1937 - Yuni 28, 2024), wanda ake yi wa lakabi da "Babi Bull" da "Peruchin", ya kasance dan wasan Puerto Rican na farko a Major League Baseball wanda ya taka leda a kungiyoyi shida. daga shekarar alif dubu daya da dari tara da hamsin da takwas 1958 zuwa shekarar alif dubu daya da dari tara da saba’in da hudu 1974, da farko San Francisco Giants.All-Star na lokaci 11, Cepeda ya kasance ɗayan mafi daidaiton masu bugun ƙarfi a cikin National League (NL) har zuwa 1960s kuma an shigar da shi cikin Zauren Wasan Kwallon kafa a cikin 1999.
Da yake shiga tare da Giants a farkon kakar su bayan ya koma San Francisco, an nada shi NL Rookie na Shekara ta kuri'a gaba ɗaya a 1958.Kowace shekara daga 1958 zuwa 1963, yana cikin shugabannin gasar a cikin batting, gudu gida, RBIs, slugging kashi, da jimillar tushe.A cikin 1959, ya zama ɗan wasan Puerto Rican na farko da ya fara wasan All-Star Game, kuma a cikin 1961 ya kasance na biyu a zaɓen dan wasan NL Mafi Daraja (MVP) bayan ya jagoranci gasar tare da gudu 46 na gida da 142 RBIs, wanda ya kasance rikodin kulob na masu bugun hannun dama.A cikin shekarun da suka biyo baya, Ƙungiyoyin sun yi ƙoƙari su dace da Cepeda da abokin wasan Willie McCovey, kuma na farko na 'yan wasan kasa, a cikin jerin sunayensu, ba tare da nasara ba suna ƙoƙarin matsawa kowannensu zuwa filin hagu a wurare daban-daban.
Bayan raunin gwiwa da ya dade ya tilasta Cepeda ta rasa mafi yawan lokutan 1965, ta iyakance shi zuwa buga ayyuka, an yi cinikinsa a watan Mayu 1966 zuwa Cardinal St. Louis, yana dawowa don kammala shekara tare da matsakaicin .301.A cikin 1967, Cepeda a cikin taimakon ƙungiyar zuwa ga NL pennant, ya lashe lambar yabo ta MVP ta kuri'a gaba ɗaya. Wani ciniki ya kawo shi Atlanta Braves, kuma ya taimaka wa waccan ƙungiyar ta lashe taken NL West na farko a 1969. Da wasansa yana ƙara iyakancewa da matsalolin gwiwa, an yi ciniki da shi zuwa Gasar Amurka jim kaɗan kafin ɗaukar ɗan wasan da aka zaɓa, kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta farko da aka zana Hitter tare da Boston Red Sox a 1973 kafin aikinsa ya ƙare a shekara mai zuwa.
Cepeda yayi gwagwarmaya a rayuwarsa ta sirri bayan ƙarshen aikinsa. Bayan kama shi a 1975 saboda safarar marijuana daga Colombia zuwa Puerto Rico, ya yi watanni goma a kurkuku kuma ya ga an lalata masa suna a tsibirinsa. Bayan canje-canje a rayuwarsa na sirri, duk da haka, ya gyara hotonsa bayan da Ƙungiyoyin Giants suka yi masa kwangila a 1987 don yin aiki a matsayin jakadan leken asiri da fatan alheri, ya fara ayyukan jin kai shekaru da yawa.
## Rayuwa
An haifi Cepeda a Ponce, Puerto Rico, ga Pedro Aníbal Cepeda (1905/6-1955) da Carmen Pennes. Iyalin sun kasance matalauta, kuma suna zaune a cikin gidajen katako ba tare da tarho ko firiji ba.Mahaifinsa ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon kwando ne a Puerto Rico, inda aka san shi da "Perucho" da "Bull", kuma ana ɗaukarsa ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun ƴan wasan zamaninsa.Don haka an san Orlando da "Bijimin Jariri". Cepeda ya ga mahaifinsa yana buga wasan baseball a karon farko a cikin 1946, kuma nan take yana sha'awar wasan.
Domin shi baƙar fata ne kuma yawancin aikinsa an buga shi kafin Jackie Robinson ya karya layin launi na ƙwallon baseball a 1947, Perucho Cepeda ba zai iya taka leda a manyan gasa ba. 'Yan wasa da yawa daga wasannin Negro sun ziyarci gidansu, wanda ya rinjayi ra'ayin Orlando game da wasanni.Ya zama mai son Minnie Miñoso.
Lokacin da yake da shekaru 10, Cepeda ya fara sayar da jaridu don shiga gasar wasan ƙwallon kwando da aka shirya don ƴan takarda. Gwajinsa na farko ya zo bayan shekaru uku. Ya yi atisaye tare da kungiyar na tsawon watanni uku amma bai yi ba. Daga nan ne Cepeda ya fara buga kwallon kwando, amma sai ya yaga guringuntsi a gwiwarsa aka yi masa tiyata. Raunin ya sa ya yi aiki kusan shekara guda, kuma likitan ya ba da shawarar cewa ya guji yin wasan ƙwallon kwando.Ya sake fara wasan ƙwallon kwando, yana lura da cewa ƙarfin jikinsa ya inganta sosai cikin shekaru biyu.
Wata rana, wani ɗan wasan ƙwallon kwando mai son ya gan shi yana wasa sai ya ɗauke shi ya yi wasa da ƙungiyarsa. Kungiyar ta lashe gasar zakarun dan wasan Puerto Rico kuma ta ci gaba da buga wasa da kungiyar All-Star daga Jamhuriyar Dominican. Pedro Zorilla, wanda a lokacin mai kungiyar Santurce Crabbers, ya halarci wasan ne domin lekawa wani dan wasa, amma bayan ya ga wasan Cepeda, sai ya fara sha’awar sa. A cikin 1953, Zorilla ya kawo shi cikin ƙungiyar don yin aiki a matsayin ɗan wasa. Bayan ritaya, Pedro Cepeda ya yi aiki da gwamnati, yana duba ruwan koguna a cikin gundumar. Ya kamu da cutar zazzabin cizon sauro, wanda a karshe ya yi sanadiyyar mutuwarsa yana da shekaru 49. Wannan rashin lafiya ya kara tsananta yanayin rayuwar iyali. Sun ƙaura daga Guayama zuwa Juncos, inda yanayin kuɗin su ya tabarbare. Sun sake ƙaura, wannan lokacin zuwa San Juan, inda mahaifiyarsa ta yi ayyuka marasa kyau don tallafawa dangi. Bayan mutuwar mahaifinta, babu isasshen kudin shiga a gidan don biyan kuɗin Orlando don halartar kwaleji.
## Sana'a
### Ƙananan wasanni
A cikin 1955, Zorilla ya rinjayi dangin Cepeda su sayi tikitin jirgin sama domin ya shiga cikin gwajin Giants na New York.Bayan ya wuce gwajin gwajin, Giants ya sanya shi zuwa Sandersville, ƙungiyar Class D.An koma Cepeda daga baya zuwa ga Salem Rebels, amma ya sami matsala wajen daidaitawa saboda ba ya jin Turanci.Ya kuma fuskanci wariya saboda wariyar launin fata a karkashin dokokin Jim Crow. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan wannan motsi, Zorilla ya kira ya sanar da shi cewa mahaifinsa na cikin mawuyacin hali. Pedro Cepeda ya mutu bayan 'yan kwanaki; Orlando ya biya kudin binnewa ya koma Salem. Ya kuma fuskanci wariya saboda wariyar launin fata a karkashin dokokin Jim Crow. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan wannan motsi, Zorilla ya kira ya sanar da shi cewa mahaifinsa na cikin mawuyacin hali. Pedro Cepeda ya mutu bayan 'yan kwanaki; Orlando ya biya kudin binnewa ya koma Salem. Ya yi baƙin ciki, wanda ya shafi aikinsa. Ya so ya daina ya koma Puerto Rico, amma Zorilla ya rinjaye shi ya buga wa Kokomo Giants, ƙungiya a cikin Mississippi – Ohio Valley League. Walt Dixon, manajan kungiyar, ya sanya shi buga wasa na uku. Cepeda batted a cikin tsaftataccen wuri, yana ƙarewa tare da matsakaicin .393, buga 21 gida yana gudana tare da 91 RBIs.
Jim Tobin, wanda ya mallaki kwantiraginsa, ya lura da yuwuwar sa kuma ya sayar da haƙƙin ɗan wasansa ga Kattai. Bayan ziyarar Puerto Rico, Cepeda ya koma New York kafin a aika shi don yin wasa tare da St. Cloud Rox a cikin Class C. Ƙungiyar ta sake sanya shi don buga wasan farko. Cepeda ya dace da canjin da sauri. A waccan shekarar, ya ci nasarar Arewacin League Triple Crown, yana gamawa da matsakaicin .355 tare da 112 RBIs da 26 na gida. Jack Schwarz ya daukaka shi zuwa Class B, yanke shawara da ya nuna rashin amincewa, yana lura da cewa ana aika 'yan wasan da suka fi muni aiki zuwa Double A. Bayan wani lokaci mai kyau a cikin Class B, Cepeda ya buga wa Crabbers a cikin Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League (LBPPR) a lokacin hunturu, yana ƙarewa tare da matsakaicin batting na .310, 11 gida gudu, da 40 RBIs. Daga nan ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar Class A tare da Giants na Springfield, yana karban shi bisa sharadin a ba shi damar yin wasa da Millers na Minneapolis a horon bazara. Cepeda ya fara farawa a hankali, amma aikinsa ya inganta yayin da kakar wasa ta ci gaba, kuma kungiyar ta rike shi a jerin sunayensu.
Bayan kammala kakar 1957 tare da Millers, ya koma Puerto Rico kuma ya taka leda a LBPPR. Yayin da yake wasa da Santurce, manaja Bill Rigney, mai kungiyar Horace Stoneham da Tom Sheehan sun leko shi a madadin Kattai, wadanda suka tashi daga New York zuwa San Francisco. An gayyace shi zuwa horon bazara na ƙungiyar tare da sauran masu sa ido, ciki har da Felipe Alou da Willie Kirkland.
### San Francisco Giants (1958-1966)
San Francisco Giants ne suka kira Cepeda a cikin 1958. Gidan sa na 13 yana gudana har zuwa 31 ga Mayu a waccan shekarar ya sanya shi cikin kunnen doki tare da Joc Pederson (2015) na biyu-mafi yawan ta National League rookie har zuwa karshen watan Mayu a tarihin wasan kwallon kwando, wanda Albert Pujols ya wuce kawai (16, a 2001).
Ya rattaba hannu kan kwantiraginsa na farko na babban gasar mintuna goma kafin ya fara halarta a gasar, inda ya samu $7,000 na kakar wasa. A San Francisco, ƙungiyar ta sami kulawar kafofin watsa labarai masu mahimmanci. Sakamakon rawar da ya taka, kungiyar ta kara albashinsa zuwa dala 9,500 a watan Yuni. A lokacin kakar wasa, Cepeda ta zauna tare da Rubén Gómez, amma ta daina yin hakan bayan an samu tashin hankali a tsakaninsu.
Matsakaicinsa ya tsaya tsayin daka a duk lokacin kakar, bai taɓa faɗuwa ƙasa da .305 ba, wanda shine matsakaicin sa a cikin Satumba. Giants sun jagoranci tseren tseren na tsawon wata guda, amma rikodin su a watan Agusta da Satumba ya kasance ƙasa da .500, kuma sun ƙare a matsayi na uku tare da rikodin 80-74, wasanni hudu a bayan Pittsburgh Pirates da goma sha biyu a bayan Milwaukee Braves, wanda sun yi nasara a karo na biyu a jere.
A cikin farkon kakarsa, Cepeda ya yi wasa .312 tare da gudu na gida 25, 96 RBIs, da 38 mai jagorancin gasar. Cepeda da abokin wasan Willie Mays su ne kawai 'yan wasan NL da suka gama kakar wasa a cikin jagorori a cikin hits, gudu na gida, RBIs, matsakaicin batting, da aka zira kwallaye, da wuraren sata. An zabe shi gaba daya NL Rookie na Year, ya zama dan wasa na biyu, bayan Frank Robinson a 1956, don samun kuri'a gaba daya. An kuma zaɓe shi Mafi Ƙarfin Ƙarya a cikin wani ƙuri'ar jin ra'ayin jama'a da San Francisco Examiner ya gudanar. A ranar 28 ga Satumba, 1958, littafin ya gabatar masa da takarda don amincewa da zaɓin.
Bayan kammala kakar wasa, Cepeda ya yi amfani da albashinsa ya saya wa mahaifiyarsa sabon gida. A waccan shekarar ya lashe kambun batting na LBPPR tare da matsakaita na .362, yayin da Santurce ya lashe kofin gasar. Giants sun ba shi kwangilar dala 12,000, wanda ya ki yarda, yana neman dala 20,000. Bayan tattaunawar, bangarorin sun daidaita akan $ 17,000.
A cikin 1959, Cepeda ya ba da rahoton horon bazara tare da ƙarin kwarin gwiwa fiye da shekarar da ta gabata. Ya buɗe kakar wasa a cikin wasanni tara madaidaiciya, tare da buga 15 a cikin 35 na farko a jemagu.  An zabe shi a matsayin mai farawa a duka wasannin All-Star a lokacin kakar. An koma Cepeda a ɗan gajeren lokaci zuwa tushe na uku don buɗe tabo ga Willie McCovey a farkon jerin gwanon, amma an koma filin wasa bayan ya aikata kurakurai a matsayin. Ya buga wasanni shida na gida tsakanin Agusta da Satumba. Kattai sun ci gaba da zama a cikin tseren dan wasan a karshen kakar wasa ta bana, amma an cire su daga gasar bayan da suka yi rashin nasara a wasansu da Los Angeles Dodgers, inda daga karshe suka zo na uku. Cepeda ya jagoranci ƙungiyar a matsakaicin batting (.317) da RBIs (105).
Cepeda daga baya ya ƙaura daga Daly City zuwa Gundumar Faɗuwar rana, yana neman gida a cikin birni. A cikin 1960, Kattai sun mayar da shi zuwa tushe na farko bayan an aika McCovey zuwa ƙananan wasannin. Cepeda ya ƙare tare da matsakaita na .297, tare da 24 gida gudu da 96 RBIs. Ya koma sau biyu a bana, na farko zuwa na 19 da Pacheco sannan zuwa na 48 da Pacheco, inda shi da McCovey suka sayi gini kusa da teku.

A cikin 1961, Cepeda yana da abin da ya ɗauka a matsayin mafi kyawun ƙididdiga na aikinsa. Ya jagoranci gasar a cikin RBIs (142), gudu na gida (46), da kuma a jemagu kowace gudu ta gida (7.9). A ranar 4 ga Yuli, a wasan farko na mai kan hanya biyu da Chicago Cubs, Cepeda yana da wasa mai ban sha'awa, yana tafiya 5-for-5 tare da ninki biyu da gudu na gida guda uku wanda ya yi tafiya sama da ƙafa 500 zuwa filin tsakiya mai zurfi, tuki. a cikin aiki-high takwas yana gudana a cikin 19-3 busa. An sake zaɓe shi don yin wasa a cikin jerin shirye-shiryen farawa na All-Star Game. Ƙungiyoyin sun jagoranci gasar a cikin gudu-gudu da aka zira kwallaye, yayin da ma'aikatan filin wasa ke da matsakaicin gudu da aka samu (ERA) na 3.77. Tawagar ta kare a matsayi na uku. Cepeda ta zo na biyu a zaben dan wasa mafi daraja, bayan Frank Robinson. Bayan kakar wasa, Cepeda - wanda a lokacin yana samun $ 30,000 - ya nemi tara dala 20,000 dangane da ayyukansa. Babban manajan ya yi imanin cewa yana samun kudi da yawa ga dan wasa mai shekaru hudu, kuma an ci gaba da tattaunawar har sai da aka daidaita albashin karshe na $ 46,000. Giants na 1962 sun kasance ingantacciyar ƙungiyar, suna fafatawa da Dodgers koyaushe don jagorancin gasar. 'Yan wasa da yawa daga cikin ƙungiyar, ciki har da Cepeda, sun halarci Wasannin All-Star. Ƙarshen ɗaure tare da Dodgers, Giants sun yi wasa da su a cikin jerin wasanni don tantance zakara na National League. Sun ci mafi kyawu a cikin jerin uku da ci 2–1. Cepeda batted .306 na shekara, tare da 35 gida gudu da 114 RBIs. Ta haka tawagar ta ci gaba zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya don fuskantar New York Yankees; New York ta yi nasara a wasanni bakwai. Daga cikin abubuwan da Dark ya yi bayan an nada shi manaja har da umurtar 'yan wasan Latin Amurka da su daina yaren Spanish a gidan kulab din. Nan take Cepeda ta fuskance shi; bayan wannan, Dark ya guji kiran 'yan wasan Hispanic zuwa kowane taron kungiyar.
A lokacin hunturu, Cepeda ya koma LBPPR, inda ya ji rauni a gwiwa yayin horo. A cikin 1963, ya buga dukkan kakar wasa tare da rauni, ba tare da sanar da Kattai ba saboda damuwa game da matsayinsa a cikin jerin gwanon. Ya kasance cikin jin zafi akai-akai, amma yana cikin tseren neman kambun batting tare da Roberto Clemente, Dick Groat, da Tommy Davis, a ƙarshe sun ƙare na biyar. Matsakaicin batting ɗin sa shine .316, tare da gudu 34 na gida da 97 RBIs. Kafin cikarsa shekaru 26, Cepeda ya tara hits 1,105, jimillar 11th mafi girma ga ɗan wasa mai shekaru 25 a tarihin MLB. A cikin 1964, San Francisco ya ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin tseren wasan har zuwa makon da ya gabata, lokacin da St. Louis Cardinals suka doke New York Mets don tabbatar da tuta.
Cepeda ya jagoranci tawagar a matsakaicin batting tare da .304 da kashi slugging na .539. Cepeda ya halarci horon bazara na 1965, yana da iyakacin shiga. Daya daga cikin abokansa, wanda dan kasar Mexico ne, ya kawo tulu da barasa da tabar wiwi don rage radadin ciwon, yana mai cewa "tsohuwar maganin Mexico ne". Da ya lura da haka, wani ma'aikacin gidan kulab ɗin ya ba da shawarar kawo masa "haɗin gwiwa", wanda ya karɓa. Bayan wannan taron, ya sha miyagun ƙwayoyi akai-akai don "hutawa".

Bayan fuskantar kumburi a gwiwa a lokacin wasannin farko na kakar wasa, ƙungiyar likitocin sun ba da shawarar cewa ya daina wasa.duk da haka, Cepeda ya ƙi yin haka tun da ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙafa shine babban tushen samun kudin shiga. Ya karbi magani daga Gene Sollovief, likita dan kasar Rasha wanda ya aiwatar da tsarin nauyi da motsa jiki.Ya koma aiki, amma yana da 34 a jemagu tare da matsakaita na .176 da gudu guda ɗaya kawai. Ya koma Puerto Rico, yana samun ƙarin jiyya na jiki. A cikin kaka-lokaci, Cepeda kuma ya sayi gida a Diamond Heights yayin da matarsa ke da juna biyu da ɗansu, Orlando Jr. Bayan murmurewa daga rauni, ya halarci horon bazara na 1966; duk da haka, ba a sanya shi cikin jerin 'yan wasan da kungiyar za ta fara ba.
## Rayuwa bayan ritaya
### Matsalolin shari'a
Bayan ya yi ritaya, a wannan shekarar, Cepeda ya yi tafiya zuwa Colombia don jagorantar asibitin wasan baseball; da zarar ya isa wurin, sai ya gamu da gungun dillalan miyagun kwayoyi wadanda suka shawo kansa ya sanya jakunkuna dauke da fam biyar na tabar wiwi a cikin akwatuna biyu dauke da tufafin da aka yi da hannu. Cepeda ta yi amfani da cannabis tun 1965. Ya koma Puerto Rico, yana jira kwanaki goma kafin ya tuntubi filin jirgin don ganin ko akwatunan sun iso. Lokacin da Cepeda ya zo karbar kayansa, sai aka ce masa ba za a sake su ba, tunda ba a biya kudin jigilar kaya ba; jigilar kaya a zahiri tana da nauyin kilo 170 (kg 77), fiye da yadda yake tsammani. A lokacin, jami'an 'yan sanda biyu (waɗanda suka san abubuwan da ke cikin fakitin) sun umurci ɗaya daga cikin ma'aikatan sufurin jiragen sama da ya ba Cepeda akwatunan tare da ko ba tare da biya ba.
Wani ma'aikacin filin jirgin sama ya kai kwalayen zuwa motar Cepeda, kuma da zarar Cepeda ya koma motarsa, an kama shi tare da tuhume shi da mallakar miyagun kwayoyi.
Yayin da ake shari'ar wannan tuhuma, an kama Cepeda a karo na biyu, bayan wani mutum ya yi zargin cewa Cepeda ta nuna masa bindiga. Pino ne ya kawo shari'a ta uku, yana neman ƙarin aliony da biyan tallafin yara. A cikin 1978, bayan kwanaki uku a shari'a, an bayyana Cepeda da laifin mallakar miyagun ƙwayoyi kuma aka yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin shekaru biyar a gidan yari. Cepeda ya yi watanni goma a gidan yari da ma'auni na hukuncin da aka yanke masa kan gwaji. Bayan da aka sake shi, wani lauya a Puerto Rico ya gaya wa mai kula da gidan yarin cewa idan Cepeda ya dawo, da alama mafia za su yi ƙoƙari su kashe shi. wanda ya kai ga aikin Cepeda zuwa wani gida mai tsaka-tsaki a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Bayan kammala wannan shirin, Cepeda ya horar da ƙungiyar LBPPR a Bayamón, Puerto Rico kuma daga baya Chicago White Sox ta ɗauke ta a matsayin ɗan leƙen asiri. A cikin 1981, ƙungiyar ta ba shi aiki a matsayin mai koyar da motsa jiki tare da ɗayan ƙananan kulab ɗinsu a Lynn, Massachusetts. Babban manajan Roland Hemond ya sake shi daga baya a waccan shekarar, kuma ya ɗan yi aiki a matsayin kocin Crabbers.
### Komawa ga Kattai da aikin al'umma
A cikin 1987, Max Shapiro ya tambaye shi ya maye gurbin McCovey a cikin "sansanin wasan ƙwallon kwando" a San Francisco, kuma ko da yake ya ƙi da farko, ya karɓa. A can ya sadu kuma ya yi abota da mawallafin Laurence Hyman, wanda ya gabatar da Cepeda ga membobin ma'aikatan Giants kuma ya ƙarfafa shi ya rubuta zuwa ga babban manajan Al Rosen. Bayan da farko bai sami amsa ba, daga ƙarshe Patrick J. Gallagher ya kira ya gaya wa Cepeda cewa Rosen yana son ɗaukar shi a matsayin ɗan leƙen asiri. Cepeda ya yi aiki a Jamhuriyar Dominican, Mexico, da sauran ƙasashen Latin Amurka a cikin shekararsa ta farko, bayan haka Giants sun sanya shi a kan albashi na cikakken lokaci. Cepeda daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin jakadan fatan alheri ga Giants, yana halartar ayyuka a makarantu, asibitoci, da cibiyoyin al'umma, kuma ya wakilci Kattai a cikin shirye-shiryen da ke nufin al'ummomin Latin Amurka. Bayan ya shiga Ska Gakkai International, ya kuma shiga ayyukan al'ummomin Puerto Rican a New York.
Cepeda ya jefa filin wasa na farko na girmamawa don wasa na uku na 1989 National League Championship Series, da kuma wasa na yau da kullun tsakanin Giants da Dodgers a ranar 17 ga Satumba, 1997, ranar haihuwarsa ta 60th. Cepeda yana da nasa izinin tsayawa a sabon filin wasa na Giants wanda aka buɗe a cikin 2000, yanzu ana kiransa Oracle Park. Daga cikin abubuwan da ake bayarwa a Orlando's Caribbean BBQ shine "Caribbean Cha Cha Bowl" dangane da laƙabinsa don dandano na jazz da kiɗan Latin. A cikin 2006, Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) ta amince da wani babi na Puerto Rico, na farko a Latin Amurka, kuma suna babi babi don girmama Cepeda. A cikin 2008 an buɗe wani sassaken tagulla mai ƙafa 9 na Cepeda a cikin rigar Giants na farkon shekarun 1960 a sabon filin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa. Cepeda ita ce Giant na huɗu kawai da aka karrama da irin wannan mutum-mutumi, bayan Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Gaylord Perry, da Juan Marichal. A ranar 16 ga Satumba, 2017, kwana daya kafin ranar haihuwarsa ta 80, ya halarci bikin zagayowar ranar haihuwa a Oracle Park inda Giants suka karrama shi, gami da rarraba gumakansa ga magoya bayan 20,000 na farko a wasan.
### Gado
A farkon 1990s, lokacin da lokacinsa na farko na cancantar shiga gidan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ya fara ƙarewa, yawancin Puerto Ricans, mashahuran mutane, da talakawan ƙasa sun fara yaƙin shigar da shi. Wasu mashahuran duniya da tsoffin abokan wasan su ma sun shiga yakin neman zaben. A cikin 1994, shekararsa ta ƙarshe ta cancantar yin zaɓe ta Ƙungiyar Marubuta Baseball ta Amirka, ya zo cikin ƙuri'u tara na zaɓe. A cikin 1999, Kwamitin Tsohon Sojoji na Hall ya zabe shi, tare da Roberto Clemente a matsayin kawai sauran Puerto Rican a Cooperstown. Tun daga lokacin Roberto Alomar, Ivan Rodriguez, da Edgar Martinez suka shiga.
Cepeda na cikin manyan dakunan mashahuran 14, mafi yawan kowane ɗan wasan Puerto Rican: Gidan Wasannin Wasanni na Bay Area (1990), Puerto Rico Baseball Hall of Fame (1991), Laredo Latin American International Sports Hall of Fame (1995), Santurce Hall of Fame (1997), Puerto Rico Sports Hall of Fame (1993), Zauren Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙasa, Cooperstown (1999), Missouri Sports Hall of Fame (2000),
Guayama Hall of Fame (2000), Ponce Hall of Fame (2001), Cataño Hall of Fame (2002), Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame (2002), African American kabilanci Sports Hall of Fame (2007),
San Francisco Giants Hall of Fame (2008) da Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙasa na Latinoamerican (2010).
An san Cepeda a cikin ƙasa saboda ƙoƙarinsa na jin kai a matsayin jakadan wasan ƙwallon kwando.Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai magana da yawun Crohn's da Colitis Foundation of America.

A cikin 2001, ya ci lambar yabo ta Ernie Banks Positive Image Achievement Achievement Award.Littafin bayar da lambar yabon ya karanta a wani bangare, “Gadon da ya bari yana da ban sha’awa hakika.Yunkurin sa ga hidimar al'umma ya haɗa da takaddun shaida don Babban Fame na Jama'a. Yanzu an san shi a cikin ƙasa saboda ƙoƙarinsa na jin kai a matsayin jakadan wasan ƙwallon baseball da San Francisco Giants. : Taimakawa Wasu Mutane Excel. "Kowace Disamba, Orlando yawon shakatawa a zaman wani ɓangare na Giants Kirsimeti Caravan ziyartar asibitoci, makarantu da kungiyoyin matasa ciki har da UC San Francisco Medical Center yara ciwon daji. Ya kasance dan wasa a cikin 'yan wasan da ke yaki da AIDS. Ya kuma kasance mai magana ga jama'a na Omega Boys and Girls Club, mai ba da shawara ga yara masu haɗari a cikin al'ummar San Francisco. An girmama shi a cikin al'ummar yankin kuma ƙungiyar mawaƙa na gida tana da waƙar da ke murna da shi.
Giants sun yi ritaya lambar Cepeda 30 a cikin 1999.Yana rataye a fuskar bene na sama a kusurwar filin hagu na Oracle Park. A ranar 6 ga Satumba, 2008, Giants sun buɗe wani mutum-mutumi na Cepeda kusa da shigarwa. Shi ne Giant na biyar da aka karrama shi da mutum-mutumi; Sauran 'yan wasan su ne Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, da Gaylord Perry. 

A cikin watan Satumba na 2008, Giants sun kara wani mutum-mutumi na tagulla na rayuwa a kusurwar hudu na filin wasa don girmama Orlando Cepeda a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan Giants na kowane lokaci, tare da sauran 'yan wasan Hall of Fame a sauran kusurwoyi uku na filin wasa. Waɗannan sun haɗa da Mays, Marichal, Gaylord Perry, da McCovey. Cepeda ya ci gaba da kasancewa wani ɓangare na ma'aikatan ofishi na gaba na Giants kuma galibi yana shiga cikin ayyukan horarwar bazara na ƙungiyar. 
An kuma san shi a Ponce's Parque de los Ponceños Ilustres a fannin wasanni.
## Rayuwa ta sirri
Ranar 3 ga Disamba, 1960, Cepeda ta auri Annie Pino a wani bikin da ya faru a wani ƙaramin coci na San Juan. Bayan haka an yi babban liyafa a otal din Caribe Hilton. Shi da Pino sun sake aure a 1973.
Bayan ma'auratan sun rabu, ya sadu da Nydia Fernandez, wadda ta fito daga Carolina, Puerto Rico. Ma'auratan sun yi aure a shekara ta 1975, kuma sun haifi 'ya'ya biyu, Malcom da Ali. Cepeda kuma yana da wasu 'ya'ya biyu, Orlando Cepeda Jr. da Carl Cepeda.
Tsohon Katolika, Cepeda ya fara aikata addinin Buddah na Nichiren a matsayin memba na kungiyar Buddhist Soka Gakkai International a 1983. Bayan shekara guda, ya koma Los Angeles, ya yi hayar wani gida a Burbank. A wannan lokacin, dangantakarsa da Fernandez ta lalace. Daga ƙarshe ta bar gidan kuma ta koma Puerto Rico tare da Malcom da Ali kuma ta shigar da ƙarar saki. Aboki ya gabatar da Cepeda ga Miriam Ortiz, wanda ya aura daga baya. Miriam ta mutu a shekara ta 2017.
### Matsalolin lafiya da mutuwa
An kwantar da Cepeda a asibiti a watan Fabrairun 2018 bayan faduwa. Ya sha fama da abin da ake kira "cutar zuciya da raunin kai" da bugun jini bayan ya fado a wurin ajiye motoci a rukunin Golf na Rancho Solano da ke Fairfield, California. Ya yi jinyar watanni da dama a asibiti kafin a sallame shi. A cikin 2020, Cepeda ya kai karar surukarsa yana zargin "dattijon cin zarafi, zamba, sakaci wajen tafiyar da harkokin kudadensa bayan ya ba ta ikon lauya a 2018, da kuma haifar da damuwa." Ya kuma musanta cewa yana fama da ciwon hauka.
Cepeda ya mutu a ranar 28 ga Yuni, 2024, yana da shekaru 86. An binne shi kusa da mahaifiyarsa a Juncos Old Municipal Cemetery a Juncos, Puerto Rico. Mutuwar tasa ta faru ne kwanaki 10 bayan ta tsohon abokin wasansa Willie Mays.

## Manazarta