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  Bobby Marcano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1975, Marcano went to Japan where he joined the Hankyu Braves as a second baseman (the team has since become the Orix Blue Wave, and then the Orix Buffaloes).
Over the course of his career, Bobby Marcano was awarded four Gold Gloves, and was named to the Best Nine four times.
Bobby Marcano died at age 38, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bobby_Marcano   (192 words)

  
 The fighter who wasn't afraid to get hit---Boxing's Finest.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bobby Chacon seldom ran in the ring, and usually his fights produced some of the greatest wars in the history of boxing.
Bobby Chacon emerged victorious utilizing his hand speed and wallop punching power, which stopped Lopez in the 9th round with a surprise knockout.
Bobby Chacon is an inspiration to many up and coming boxing pugilists because they realize that you have to stick it out during a brawl, which is inevitable for every fighter.
www.boxingsfinest.com /news/2003/aug/chacon.htm   (804 words)

  
 Bobby Chacon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chacon's biography, it can be said, looks more like the biography of a Rock and Roll star than that of a boxer.
Chacon became a world champion in 1975, knocking out defending world Featherweight champion Alfredo Marcano in nine at Los Angeles.
During his first period as a world champion, Chacon got to meet, and like, what many refer to as the sweet life.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bobby_Chacon   (977 words)

  
 The Baseball Guru - Fans Speak to Gary Garland 5
After a long search, My best guess as to who the first Venezuelan may have been was the great Roberto "Bobby" Marcano, who played second base with the Hankyu Braves (now the Orix Blue Wave) during that club's mid-70's golden period when they won three Japan Series in a row.
Marcano in his analysis of the great foreign players.
Bobby went up there hacking, walking less than 20 times a year in his first five seasons and only 224 times total.
baseballguru.com /ggarland/bbread5.html   (399 words)

  
 Concannon's Corner - BoxingHelp.com
We have a handful of outstanding candidates and then fast-forward roughly a decade and a half to the mid- nineties to Arturo Gatti during his IBF title reign against the likes of Tracey Harris Patterson, Gabriel Ruelas and Wilson Rodriguez and you have a similar story.
Notable wins: Chucho Castillo, Danny Lopez, Alfredo Marcano, Bazooka Limon (Chacon was 2-1-1 over the Mexican banger and the their last fight, a 15 rounder for the WBC Super-Featherweight title was one of the greatest brawls of all time, Chacon was down twice, Limon once), Cornelius Boza Edwards, and Ruben Olivares.
Bobby lands a smacking left uppercut and when Arturo raises his hands he follows up with an effective right-left-right-left combination to the ribs.
www.boxinghelp.com /concannon/pastposts/Dream-Chacon_Gatti.html   (1632 words)

  
 Society of Professional Journalists - SPJ Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
Nominations Committee Chair Marcano encouraged board members to contact him with their decisions about whether to seek a national office during the elections this fall.
Marcano suggested that the Executive Committee consider selecting SPJ representatives at the July committee meeting.
Upon proper motion and second by Marcano and Whitaker, respectively, the board recommended that the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation fund this project at its meeting in September.
www.spj.org /board_minutes_020427spj.asp   (3652 words)

  
 Boxing Immortality Awaits Bobby Chacon | TheSweetScience.com Boxing
Bobby Chacon will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
It was March 1982, and Chacon's husband, Bobby, was foolishly pursuing an impossible dream: Fighting for a world title.
Warren announced his action in response to the Hatton team's public pronouncements that the fighter has become a free agent, and reports he is to go ahead with a show involving a rival promoter in November.
www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/1531/boxing-immortality-awaits-bobby-chacon   (1180 words)

  
 MUSIC REVIEWS #14
Joe “Bad Boy” Marcano gained a certain reputation thanks to his numerous medleys proposed in the course of his own career on the famous WKTU radio (in New York), but also as a DJ.
Bobby Leal proposes us the single “For you” which is a beautiful duet with Soleil (his real name is Rosalinda Sanchez) that is in the same line than his old tunes: a hoarse and grave voice, nevertheless smooth and steady at the same time, accompanied with a slow Old School rhythm beat.
The long friendship between Bobby Leal and Soleil permits us to discover an unreleased track recorded in 1992 by this young artist (she sang this song when she has 16 years old).
www.freestylemusic.com /musicreviews/IssueN14.htm   (2806 words)

  
 Bobby Marcano - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Roberto "Bobby" Marcano (June 7, 1951 — 1990) was a Venezuelan baseball player who made a name for himself playing Japanese baseball.
In 1990, Bobby Marcano died shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.
This page was last modified 10:32, 19 Feb 2005.
www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Bobby_Marcano   (151 words)

  
 Japan Times: American talking the talk down in Hiroshima   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Most notably, Barbon worked with Venezuelan second baseman Bobby Marcano (1975-81) and American first sacker Boomer Wells (1983-91).
Marcano, after transferring as a player from Hankyu to Yakult and playing four seasons (1982-85) for the Swallows, himself became a Japanese-Spanish interpreter for the Yomiuri Giants in 1986 and 1987, when the Kyojin hired him to be the lingo link to pitcher Luis Sanchez, a fellow Venezuelan who spoke no English, let alone Japanese.
Japanese teams get their interpreters from various sources, but they often come from a parent company of the ownership.
www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/makeprfy.pl5?sb20010801wg.htm   (946 words)

  
 Chacon, McGuigan, Norris lead Boxing Hall of Fame Class of ’05 | TheSweetScience.com Boxing
Featherweight champions Bobby Chacon and Barry McGuigan, both immensely popular fighters in their respective eras, headline a class of 10 new inductees to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York.
Chacon, 59-7-1 (47) over the course of his career, captured the WBC featherweight title in 1974 by stopping Alfredo Marcano in nine rounds.
"Bobby Chacon is what I call a promoter’s insurance policy," said Hall of Fame trainer Angelo Dundee.
thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/1527/boxing-exclusive-chacon-mcg...   (1093 words)

  
 IBHOF / Bobby Chacon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The only blemish on his record was a 9th round TKO loss to Ruben Olivares in 1973.
On September 7, 1974, Chacon stopped Alfredo Marcano in 9 rounds to capture the vacant WBC featherweight crown.
A successful defense against Jesus Estrada followed before losing the title to rival Olivares in 1975.
www.ibhof.com /chacon.html   (261 words)

  
 Sleepers
When Nokes walks into John and Tommy's hangout, they kill him in cold blood and go on trial, defended by a drug-addicted lawyer (Dustin Hoffman).
Michael and Shakes conspire with childhood friend Carol (Minnie Driver) and local priest Father Bobby (Robert DeNiro) to free their friends and get even with the surviving guards.
Based on a true story chronicled by Lorenzo Carcaterra in his novel of the same name, Sleepers stirred controversy when the veracity of the book was challenged by reporters who could find no documentation of the events described.
movies.kadlec.com /details/6768.html   (200 words)

  
 Sleepers
After a stupid prank that hospitalizes an old man, the boys are sent to Wilkinson, a notoriously harsh institution.
The neighborhood priest, Father Bobby (Robert De Niro), is an alumnus of Wilkinson and knows what happens to boys who land there.
Shakes and Michael (and probably Father Bobby) endured the same abuse.
www.angelfire.com /movies/oc/sleepers.html   (535 words)

  
 Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations
Marcano, F. Leonard, C. Dominguez, C. ; et.al.
Marcano, F. Boesi, T. Pirela, B. ; et.al.
Talukdar, S.C. DeToni, B. Marcano, F. ; et.al.
www.osti.gov /energycitations/searchresults.jsp?Author=Marcano,+F.   (97 words)

  
 "Sleepers" - Part I quiz
Father Carillo took the nun's clacker from Shakes because of his disruptive behavior during mass.
Father Bobby could not resist clacking it one last time and smiled as the girls once more obeyed.
King Benny said that "we lost him to the other side" referring to Father Bobby.
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz/quiz113326cfb698.html   (733 words)

  
 The Cyber Boxing Zone
Finally, I want to both apologize for and correct a statement I made last month in reference to Irish Bobby Cassidy, the former light-heavyweight contender.
None of them (with the exception of Bobby Czyz), Leonard, McGuigan, Norton, Hagler, Mancini etc. have ever been, by any stretch of the imagination, great communicators.
I thought the bout to be a rather dreary affair.
www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/boxing0.htm   (6669 words)

  
 Forums - Japanese Baseball Memories
One thing that I need to know is, how did Tony Solaita, Mike Reinbach, and Bobby Marcano die?
They all died at such a young age, but I never read anything about their deaths in the Japanese press.
Bobby Marcano, Pete LaCock, Felix Millan, Dave Hilton, Charlie Manuel, the Lee Brothers, Roy White, Reggie Smith, Julio Cruz, Randy Bass, Maury Wills, Jim Lytle, the Lions wearing pink, and the Whales in Green and orange.
www.japanesebaseball.com /forum/thread.jsp?forum=17&thread=1367   (1587 words)

  
 Dynamite's Worldwide Boxing Videos - Browsing m
Kili Madrid NC3 Bobby Joe Valdez, D405, 12minG/VG top
Alfredo Marcano KOby9 Bobby Chacon (B&W), D147, 32minG
Rigoberto Marcano KOby7 Yoko Gushiken II, 613, 24minF
dynamiteboxing.com /m.html   (2463 words)

  
 Music Wormer - Compare Music Prices - Search For Marcano
Music Wormer - Compare Music Prices - Search For Marcano
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Artists: Bad Boy Joe, Cuarteto Marcano, Cuerteto Marcano, Louie DeVito, Marcano, Neville, Neville Marcano, Pedro, Pedro Marcano, Tiger
www.pricewormer.com /music/search/Marcano   (118 words)

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