El Tiante News Today

We say happy birthday to the great Tiant. Luis Tiant was born in Marianao, Cuba on this day in 1940. His father was Luis Eleuterio Tiant, who pitched professionally in the old Negro Leagues in the US as well as in Mexico. Tiant made his debut in 1964 with Cleveland: 10-4, 9 complete games, 3 shutouts

It was quite a 1975 World Series for Tiant. He pitched a Game 1 shutout of the Reds; and, In game 4, Tiant came back and beat the Reds, 5-4. He threw an amazing 163 pitches and got out of trouble several times in the game. It also tied the series at 2-2. What an effort by

Injuries have wracked the Boston Red Sox, but injuries provide an opportunity and, in the case of Jarren Duran, another chance as a solid MLB contributor, just like David Ortiz and Luis Tiant benefited from circumstances.

The Boston Red Sox have a very strong history of starting pitchers but there are five that stand above the rest.

We’ve got to hand it to Boston.com readers for their creativity in naming their four-footed friends. See the full rundown on Boston.com.

The Hall of Famer, who died Thursday at 83, hit the only home run anyone ever hit out of Memorial Stadium, and the legend lives on.