1973 — Orlando Cepeda becomes the first player signed specifically to be a designated hitter. He signs with the Boston Red Sox one week after the designated hitter rule is approved.

I’m carrying the legacy of my family.” Cepeda is founder of a Kissimmee-based Puerto Rican traditional dance and music school, Escuela de Bomba y Plena Tata Cepeda.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Matches in FIFA’s newly expanded Club World Cup kick off in Orlando on Tuesday, after competition gets underway in Miami on Saturday.