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Red Sox, Cuban legend Luis Tiant passes away at 83
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| 8 October 2024
| Ian Browne
Posted on 10/08/2024 2:33:46 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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El Tiante RIP. He had more delivery types than DoorDash.
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:33:46 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: Rummyfan
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:35:56 PM PDT
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: Rummyfan
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:36:10 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Rummyfan
When he pitched for the Yankees he did TV commercials for Colonial brand hot dogs and bacon in the NYC metro area. They were hysterical ads because the guy spoke broken English and the viewer could barely understand him. LOL.
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:38:42 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("Well, maybe I'm a little rough around the edges; inside a little hollow.” -- Tom Petty, “Rebels”)
To: Rummyfan
To: Rummyfan
A great baseball era. RIP.
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:41:56 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
To: Rummyfan
those were the days. Godspeed, Louie.
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:43:14 PM PDT
by
avital2
To: Rummyfan
Reunited with his parents.
Remember they were able to come to the 1975 World Series from Cuba to watch him pitch.
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:43:24 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
”We've got a problem here. Luis Tiant wants to use the bathroom, and it says no foreign objects on the toilet.” — Graig Nettles
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:46:27 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("Well, maybe I'm a little rough around the edges; inside a little hollow.” -- Tom Petty, “Rebels”)
To: Rummyfan
He also pitched both Fenway Franks and Yankee Franks, though never on the same day.
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:46:47 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
To: Rummyfan
Back in the era when pitchers had very distinctive styles (compared to today), none was more distinctive than El Tiante’s.
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:48:30 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Mr. Mojo
I was just thinking about him the other day on the thread about Fernando Valenzuela.
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:49:04 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Rummyfan
RIP, Luis.
I used to handle his Telephone Account, and talked to him frequently. Very nice person, respectful and kind to me.
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:49:10 PM PDT
by
left that other site
("Providence" ain't just a city in Rhode Island.)
To: dfwgator
“I was just thinking about him the other day on the thread about Fernando Valenzuela.”
Haven’t thought about him in decades but this post revived connections to long dormant brain cells.
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:53:20 PM PDT
by
TexasGator
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To: Rummyfan
Condolences to family and friends of Luis Tiant. RIP sir.
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:54:22 PM PDT
by
PGalt
( Past Peak Civilization?)
To: Alberta's Child
LOL!
RIP Luis, a lot of us imitated his pitching style in our backyard games back in the day.
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:57:13 PM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
(Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
To: Rummyfan
My wife and I were driving around down on Cape Cod some years ago, and we pulled into a 7-11 and parked next to a beat up, old, faded yellow Mercury.
A chunky, older guy with a goatee came out wearing a bright yellow shirt and blue plaid pants, lit up a big cigar, and I laughed...
It was Luis Tiant, decades past his prime, but...still, inexorably and recognizably...Luis Tiant!
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:58:02 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
To: RckyRaCoCo
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posted on
10/08/2024 2:59:57 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
To: TexasGator
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posted on
10/08/2024 3:00:29 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: left that other site
I heard from an acquaintance who met him outside of baseball that he was a nice, polite guy.
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posted on
10/08/2024 3:01:18 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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