Luis Tiant, Crowd-Pleasing Pitcher Who Baffled Hitters, Dies at 83Cuban-born and charismatic, with a personal tale caught up in politics, he was a dominant hurler with a quirky windup who helped lead the Red Sox to a pennant in 1975.
Source: Luis Tiant, Crowd-Pleasing Pitcher Who Baffled Hitters, Dies at 83 (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/sports/baseball/luis-tiant-dead.html)