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Spring training may not have started yet, but that hasn't stopped the players from working out. Yesterday, at Brookline High School, Luis Tiant displayed his pitching prowess, his physique, and his basketball and swimming abilities for an assortment of people, including his father, Luis Sr., and his long-time friend, Felix Fernandez, a Brookline High teacher...
...much better this year than any other year," Fernandez said about Tiant. Fernandez, like Tiant, is a refugee from Cuba, and the two played together on the Marianao Park team in Havana. Fernandez said that Tiant is working on three new pitches to befuddle hitters, including a knuckleball, a forkball, and a palmball...
...Tiant has not foresaken his fastball, which he can spin to the left and the right, causing the ball to break in or out. Fernandez, who has been catching Tiant's pitches everyday for the past two weeks and has helped him train for the past few years, says that the changes in his pitches have made El Tiante's fastball faster than it has ever been...
...real genius is directing. Because of her weight, says one musician, "she has to sit down, so you really can't see her." Another takes a more show business view of the situation: "Let's face it, she's box office. Sarah is the Luis Tiant of opera." Sarah, who likes the roar of the crowd as much as any athlete and loves baseball, might just take that as a compliment...
With the argument still steaming, Tiant returned to the mound the next evening for his second appearance. Though his control was not as sharp as in the first game, and he had to work out of numerous Cincinnati threats, Tiant managed to earn his second victory cigar with a 5-4 win, which brought the Series even again...