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Goodbye to Luis Tiant
And the kick. The looking around ... Even a little kid knew that. Thank you, Luis Tiant, mi gigante, and goodbye.
BOSTON -- Boston Red Sox legend Luis Tiant is one step closer to getting into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The late, great Tiant is among the seven players and one manager on the Classic ...
Luis Tiant was a Cuban American original ... He twisted like Chubby Checker. His kick rivaled that of Adam Vinatieri. He didn’t throw the ball. He flung it. He dizzied and dazzled.
The great Luis Tiant went the distance for the Red Sox, spinning a five hit shutout against a Big Red Machine lineup that featured Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez, George Foster ...
BOSTON — Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban with a horseshoe mustache and mesmerizing windup who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a World Series championship and pitched himself to the ...
Luis Tiant, the brilliant and inventive Cuban right-hander who pitched in parts of 19 big-league seasons, has died. He was 83 years old. MLB announced the news Tuesday morning on social media.
Oh, and there was the cigar. Tiant was rarely seen without the stogie, and this is where I’ll forever focus my memories of Luis. For a couple of weeks at almost every Red Sox spring training of ...
The Baseball Hall of Fame announced Monday its eight-person ballot to be considered by its Classic Baseball Era Committee for election to the Class of 2025, a ballot that includes late Red Sox great ...
BOSTON — Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban with a horseshoe mustache and mesmerizing windup who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a World Series championship and pitched himself to the ...
No matter, Tiant again won the AL ERA title with a 1.91 mark in 1972, for the Red Sox (and lost the Cy Young to Gaylord Perry's 1.92 ERA and 24 wins). “Luis embodied everything we love about ...
Tiant was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame but never made the national shrine in Cooperstown, New York, receiving a high of 30.9% of the votes in 1988, his first year on the ballot.