Word: tiant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been observing the opposition teams since July, reported few weaknesses. The Reds were stacked with powerful hitters, high-octane speed, superb defense and one of the best bullpens in the game. The Red Sox entered the Series with equally potent hitting, nearly flawless defense and a pitcher named Luis Tiant. The Cuban righthander, who claims to be 34 but is widely believed to be older, had won 76 games for Boston since it reclaimed him in 1971 from the minor leagues, where he had been abandoned as a washed-up fireballer. Cincinnati Scout Ray Shore warned his fellow Reds before...
...crowd chanted, but Luis Tiant was not there--nor was Fred Lynn, Carlton Fisk, Jim Rice, Denny Doyle, Bernie Carbo or Rico Petrocelli. Their off-season had already begun...
...winter depression. I've got a sixth game of a World Series to keep me going. And all winter long I'll be able to hear the echo of 35,000 people cheering on every corkscrew delivery of Luis ("The fans make me pitch better than I can do") Tiant...
...Reds might as well not have worried about the wall, however, since they did not come close to hitting one of El Tiante's pitches that far. For that matter, they had a hard time getting on base as Tiant retired the first ten men in order before Joe Morgan managed to get to first and then to second by the grace of the umpire...
...only appropriate that Tiant would single to lead off the bottom of the seventh inning for Boston, and the crowd loved him for it. It was also appropriate that Yaz singled to bring in Tiant with what proved to be the winning run. Midway through the ninth inning, when Boston appeared to have it wrapped up, the 35,000 fans stood and started chanting "Looeee, Looeee" to honor the first person to pitch a World Series shutout in four years. Curt Gowdy later gushed that in all the years he had personally watched World Series games, he never...