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  Orlando Cabrera - Biography - HUD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Cabrera oversees the Office of Public and Indian Housing's mission to ensure safe, decent, and affordable housing; create opportunities for residents' self-sufficiency and economic independence; and assure the fiscal integrity of all program participants.
Cabrera spearheaded their technology modernization and the upgrading of data systems, maintained and improved Florida Housing's financial condition, and led its efforts to better serve low income Floridians.
Cabrera was also elected and served as a director on the Board of the National Council of State Housing Agencies.
www.hud.gov /offices/pih/about/orlandobio.cfm   (278 words)

  
 Orlando Cabrera : USAToday.com - Orlando Cabrera Biography from USAToday.com
ET Orlando Cabrera was not in the starting lineup because of a split nail on his right index finger.
Cabrera was hurt in the series finale against the Red Sox, but he was able to remain in the game.
Cabrera shook it off and doubled on the next pitch, then got the finger wrapped while he was on base.
fantasybaseball.usatoday.com /content/player.asp?sport=MLB&id=2485   (273 words)

  
 Boston Red Sox - His contributions came right on time - The Boston Globe
Orlando Cabrera made his home debut Monday, but he waited until last night to give the home crowd a glimpse of why the Red Sox brass believe he can man shortstop for a team with hopes for the postseason.
Cabrera made his first big impact in a white Red Sox jersey, playing an integral role in the rally that broke the game open in an 8-4 win over Tampa Bay.
Cabrera came to the plate in the sixth inning with two outs, just after the Red Sox had grabbed a 4-3 lead on Jason Varitek's RBI single.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/08/11/his_contributions_came_right_on_time   (606 words)

  
 Boston Red Sox - Cabrera is worthy of attention - The Boston Globe
Not that Cabrera is fielding a ton of calls from home on his cellphone, even after a game like last night, when he delivered a two-run, Wall-ball single in the sixth inning, the game-breaking hit in a 6-2 Sox win that gave the Olde Towne Team a two-games-to-none lead in this series.
His father is no longer around to see him play -- he died, Cabrera said, of a lung infection at age 50 four years ago -- but Cabrera, a native of Cartagena, has seen what it's like when an entire country embraces a sport that isn't exactly indigenous to the culture.
Cabrera has his own personal talisman -- a radio reporter from Colombia that he had as his house guest for Games 1 and 2 in Boston.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/10/25/cabrera_is_worthy_of_attention   (709 words)

  
 Orlando Cabrera : Los Angeles Angels Orlando Cabrera
Orlando Cabrera is a professional baseball player who is at present playing for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Cabrera is the younger brother of Jolbert, a former major league outfielder who currently plays with the Fukuoka Soft Bank Hawks.
Cabrera is a career with.268 hitter with 72 home runs and 412 RBI in 962 games.
www.mlb-players.com /players/players.php?id=156   (379 words)

  
 Boston Red Sox - Last laugh - The Boston Globe
Cabrera, struggling mightily to prove himself since he replaced Nomar Garciaparra, used the wristband and a few encouraging words from Ramirez to turn in one of his finest batting practice sessions since he joined the Sox.
Then Cabrera put smiles on the faces of Sox fans when he doubled off the Green Monster with one out in the bottom of the ninth to knock in Johnny Damon for an electrifying 5-4 walkoff triumph before the 60th straight sellout crowd at Fenway Park.
Cabrera relished every second of it, though he knew one day he would meet the outsized expectations he has encountered.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/08/18/last_laugh   (1094 words)

  
 Montreal Expos News
Orlando Cabrera is clearly one of the best shortstops in the National League, and he has the stats to back it up.
Cabrera can become a free agent after the 2004 season and he has made it known that he wants to play with just one team his entire career -- the Expos.
Cabrera: We talked to (manager) Frank (Robinson) and one of the things is for us to keep everybody in one place.
montreal.expos.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mon/news/mon_news.jsp?ymd=20040303&content_id=644736&vkey=spt2004news&fext=.jsp   (1068 words)

  
 Orlando Cabrera
Cabrera, 28, made team history last year by stealing 21 bases in a row, breaking the previous Expos' season record of 20 straight stolen bases, set by Tim Raines in 1981.
Cabrera, who won a Gold Glove award in 2001, reached two milestones last year, collecting his 500th career hit June 4 versus Pittsburgh and his 250th RBI July 28 against Florida.
Cabrera contributed $50 for each RBI and double play involvement he had, as well as $100 for his triple play involvement September 3.
www.canadianbaseballnews.com /MonExpos/Cabrera.html   (272 words)

  
 Noticias
Cabrera and Renteria lived on the Caribbean coast of Colombia and faced each other regularly as teenagers.
Although Cabrera was 140 pounds and could barely get the ball from shortstop to first base, Renteria was an athletic prodigy, flawless in the field and powerful at the plate.
When Cabrera came up in the sixth inning, the Red Sox were ahead, 4-1, but the outcome was still in doubt.
www.colombiaemb.org /opencms/opencms/extras/news_item.html?id=763   (830 words)

  
 Orlando Cabrera - ROYAL ROOTERS
I was worried that Orlando Cabrera might suffer from Jose Offerman syndrome.
The overall averages for Cabrera are not pretty, but there is a very definite and pronounced offensive difference between the two, as evidenced by two separate seasons of above average major league hitting.
Cabrera, on the other hand, has had a great season just one year ago, and had his 2001 at the start of what would be a 3 year trend examination, so he's very clearly proven that in the last couple of years, they were, or at least could be, miles apart offensively.
www.redsoxnation.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=9172   (2669 words)

  
 Netsports Community Forums - Orlando Cabrera: 57 and counting
Orlando Cabrera of the Angels has reached base via hit, walk, or HBP in 57 consecutive games.
Cabrera is not recieving much publicity with what he has done so far.
Percentage wise, Cabrera's is ahead with his on-base streak compared to what Jimmy Rollins accomplished earlier with his hitting streak.
forums.netsports.com /showthread.php?threadid=53366   (984 words)

  
 News 8 :: KFMB Stations, San Diego, California
Cabrera hit a two-out double off rookie Chad Billingsley (0-2) in the third to end an 0-for-10 drought, but that hadn't stopped him from continuing to reach base via a hit, walk or hit by pitch at least once in every game since April 24th.
Cabrera took third on the error and then caught Billingsley napping by taking off from third and scoring without a throw.
Cabrera's stolen base was the first straight steal of home for an Angels player since Tony Phillips accomplished the feat on June 28, 1997, at Seattle.
www.kfmb.com /sports/story.php?id=55625   (844 words)

  
 Red Sox: Schilling Is Still Scheduled to Start Game 6 (washingtonpost.com)
When Orlando Cabrera jumped from the Montreal Expos to the Boston Red Sox in a four-team trade at the July 31 trade deadline, he figured he was finished forever with the whole sordid story of the Expos franchise.
Cabrera said Sunday he would be interested in returning to the team that signed and developed him, and with whom he spent his entire professional career before July 31.
Cabrera hit.294 with six homers and 31 RBI in 58 games with the Red Sox, but his role was reduced by the presence of so many big-name sluggers.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A59592-2004Oct24.html   (706 words)

  
 Fantasy Baseball Profile - Orlando Cabrera
LA Times reports Cabrera is now batting.420 (21 for 50) with 10 runs and seven RBIs this month, but he doesn't feel like he's carrying the team.
LA Times Reports: Orlando Cabrera, who had three of the Angels' four hits, singled home a run in the first inning and doubled and scored in the seventh.
Cabrera grounded a single to left field to score Figgins from third with the winning run in the 11th inning of the Angels' 4-3 victory over the Twins on Monday night at Angel Stadium.
www.thomasgeorge.com /baseball/profile.cfm?playerId=1719   (415 words)

  
 Orlando J. Cabrera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Cabrera was the citizen representative on Florida Housing’s Board of Directors, and also served as the Board’s Chairman.
Cabrera was Chairman of the City of Miami’s Community Development and Housing Committee.
Orlando, his wife, Betty, and sons Orly and Stefan, all reside in Tallahassee.
www.floridahousing.org /Home/AboutUs/BoardofDirectors/OrlandoCabrera.htm?print=true   (185 words)

  
 Orlando Cabrera
In a ballot conducted by the Montreal Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America, shortstop Orlando Cabrera was named the 2003 Expos Molson Player of the Year.
Cabrera said on Monday that he started to feel the pain again the last two months of the '03 season.
Cabrera also talked about next season and how important it was to re-sign Guerrero, a free agent, keeping the core group together and making some acquisitions.
www.canadianbaseballnews.com /MonExpos/orlcabr.html   (653 words)

  
 Anaheim Angels, David Eckstein, Orlando Cabrera, Major League Baseball - CBS SportsLine.com
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Orlando Cabrera agreed Monday to a $32 million, four-year contract with the Anaheim Angels, who made room by cutting David Eckstein.
Cabrera, a 2001 Gold Glove winner, was traded from the Montreal Expos to the Boston Red Sox in late July.
Cabrera's deal calls for a $4 million signing bonus payable over four years, $5 million next season, $6.5 million in 2006, $7.5 million in 2007 and $9 million in 2008.
cbs.sportsline.com /mlb/story/8020198   (556 words)

  
 Orlando Cabrera Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Orlando Cabrera was born on Saturday, November 2, 1974, in Cartagena, Colombia.
Cabrera was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 3, 1997, with the Montreal Expos.
Did you know that you can compare Orlando Cabrera to other rookies who also had their Major League debut during the 1997 National League season?
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=cabreor01   (296 words)

  
 Cabrera's prayers answered in Boston - The Washington Times: Sports - October 23, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It was culture shock for Cabrera, who came from a team for which a winning record was seen as a nice little-engine-that-could story to a place where winning was the fuel driving the big locomotive known as Red Sox Nation.
If Cabrera had not delivered both the good defense everyone expected and enough hitting to hold his own offensively, he might have been longing for the days back in Montreal, where no one saw him or cared.
Cabrera, who will be a free agent when the season ends (which meant he was unlikely to be playing for the transplanted Expos at RFK Stadium next season anyway), said he felt the pressure but not necessarily because of replacing Garciaparra.
www.washtimes.com /sports/20041023-122636-5206r.htm   (701 words)

  
 Orlando Cabrera, AL Championship Series, Interviews, ASAPSports FastScripts, Quotes, Transcript   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
ORLANDO CABRERA: Well, you know, I think everybody on the team realized when Nomar was gone that we have to step up, you know, and do a better job.
ORLANDO CABRERA: Well, now that I see a team that likes to win and wants to win, so much, that you have to add to a team in order to have them to win.
There are so many teams that they have had here, we didn't have that in Montreal, all of the stuff that you need to beat the teams in the post-season.
www.asapsports.com /baseball/2004alcs/101604OC.html   (910 words)

  
 Orlando Cabrera's RBI single in 10th leads Angels over Royals 3-2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Vladimir Guerrero hit a two-run homer, and Orlando Cabrera's two-out RBI single in the 10th inning lifted the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night.
Cabrera's soft liner off Elmer Dessens sailed over the reach of Royals shortstop Angel Berroa and scored Mike Napoli from third.
Notes: Cabrera singled in the eighth to stretch his on-base streak by hit, walk or hit-by-pitch to 45 games, longest in the majors this year.
www.cbc.ca /cp/baseball/060616/m061604.html   (571 words)

  
   Orlando Cabrera - 2004 World Champions - RedSoxDiehard.com  
Cabrera came to the Red Sox at the July 31 trade deadline in a four-team deal.
With Johnny Damon on first, Cabrera hit a double off the edge of the scoreboard on the Green Monster.
Cabrera flew home to Colombia for two days in September to be with his wife, who was recovering from surgery.
www.redsoxdiehard.com /worldseries/players/cabrera.html   (528 words)

  
 Los Angeles Angels, Orlando Cabrera, Kelvim Escobar, Alex Rodriguez, Major League Baseball, New York Yankees - CBS ...
Orlando Cabrera hit a two-run homer, Kelvim Escobar stifled most of New York's big hitters and the Angels won 4-1 Friday night in their home opener.
Cabrera followed with a homer into the left-field seats on a 2-2 pitch.
Orlando Cabrera, SS Vladimir Guerrero, RF Garret Anderson, LF Juan Rivera, DH Darin Erstad, CF Casey Kotchman, 1B
cbs.sportsline.com /mlb/gamecenter/MLB_20060407_NYY@ANA   (1059 words)

  
 The Bull Pen - Orlando Cabrera or Rafael Furcal
Cabrera's RBI should be higher since he's generally hitting 2nd, 3rd, or 4th in the lineup.
Cabrera is fully recovered from his back problems and is the runner-up to best N.L. SS to Renteria.
I was considering switching to Cabrera when Vlad returns, but it may not be worth it.
www.rotojunkie.com /forums/showthread.php?t=24990   (1018 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Shortstop moves: Angels land Cabrera, cut Eckstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Cabrera, a 2001 Gold Glove winner, was traded from the Montreal Expos to the Boston Red Sox in late July, replaced Nomar Garciaparra and helped the Red Sox win their first World Series since 1918.
He batted.288 with 11 RBI in the postseason and didn't commit an error in 14 postseason games, then became a free agent and was replaced by Boston with Edgar Renteria, who agreed last week to a $40 million, four-year contract with the Red Sox.
Cabrera's deal calls for a $4 million signing bonus payable over four years, $5 million next season.
www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/al/angels/2004-12-20-cabrera-agrees_x.htm?csp=34   (350 words)

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