César Cedeño

Here's the pitch to the right-handed batter, fouled off, a strike.

César Cedeño almost certainly out for the year.

As Bill Virdon said on the pregame show tonight, there is a chance he could come back in September, but it's unlikely.

He was batting .281 at the time of his injury.

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The Houston Astros defensively, Bob Watson in left field, Cesar Cedeno in center, Jim Wynn in right.

Doug Rader at third, Roger Metzger in short, Tommy Helms at second, Lee May at first, Jack Hiatt catching, and Don Wilson doing the pitching.

Wilson involved in one of the rarities in baseball, back-to-back no-hitters in the ballpark after Gaylord Perry and Ray Washburn had done it here at Candlestick Park.

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Cesar Cedeno cracks the first pitch foul to the left, strike one.

Tonight's paid attendance, Secretary Frank Burgonzi passing along the word that 16,898 fans paid admission here.

Leading hitter in the National League based on 425 at-bats, Pete Rose of Cincinnati at 344.

Way back in the second place, Cesar Cedeño of Houston at 318.

His teammate Bob Watson at 316.

In the American League, it's all over also except for the shouting.

He was three and O, went to three and two, and then got Morgan to pop to Carew at second base.

Well, here's Cesar Cedeño, the right-handed hitting young sensational 22-year-old star from the Houston Astros, hitting at .318, 16 home runs, 43 RBIs, has stolen 34 bases, second only to Morgan, but has been bothered this year with injuries, first of all to his ribs, then to his ankle.

First pitch, breaking pitch, first strike.

The strike one pitch right back, hit off the fists and fouled down the left field line, making it into about the third row of the seats.

Just do get him.

He's got great speed.

You, you think of, uh, major league ballplayers, you think of a Willie Davis, you think of, uh, Cesar Cedeño-

Lou Brock

Geronimo probably has the best throwing arm of any outfielder in baseball.

That includes people like Cesar Cedeño.

He uncorked a throw from center field that you had to see to believe.

A bullet right to Johnny Bench.

You know, you just go down the line.

Bob Knepper, all of these guys, uh, you know, Cesar Cedeño and Enos Cabell, they were our city's team for a decade.

And so watching my dad as a player and watching those guys that I, you know, idolized, you know, get so close to a World Series and not have it happen.

And then being a kid and seeing the Oilers and, and everything we went through, the, the Cougars, I was a giant Cougar fan, was a ball boy as a kid.