He was the luxury guest of the Yaquis de Obregón Club, for the opening ceremony of the Yaquis Stadium, where he had to throw the first ball
By: Joel Luna
This Tuesday the death of the former player of Major Leagues, Luis Tiantwho played with the Naranjeros de Hermosillo in the 1960s.
The one who was also a player of the Red Sox of Boston and Cleveland Indians, charismatic Cuban baseball playerwho sported a horseshoe mustache, died at the age of 83.
He baseball of the Major Leagues announced the death in X’s account this Tuesday, the Red Sox They confirmed the information and announced that he died at his residence in Maine.
“Today is a very sad day,” published Fred Lynn, colleague of They are running in Boston and California, in X. “A big-game pitcher, a genuine guy who loved his family and baseball. I miss him already.”
He was known as “The Tiante”, He attended the J three timesstar gamethe best record in his career was in 1968, when he accumulated a 21-9 record in wins and losses, there were 19 complete games and he recorded nine shutouts. Of which four were in a row, with an ERA of 1.60.
Tiant was the son of a legendary black leagues, Luis Tiant Mr., They are running son accumulated a record of 229-172, with an ERA of 3-30 and 2,416 strikeouts.
There were a total of 187 complete games in a 19-year career with the teams of Boston y Cleveland.
The death of Luis Tiant It comes after another death, that of Pete Rose, historic member of the Cincinnati Reds.
He Cuban baseball player He was inducted into the Hall of Fame Red Sox; he was never able to enter Cooperstown.
HIS STEP THROUGH THE NARANJEROS OF HERMOSILLO
Luis Tiant had a stint in Mexican baseball, after achieving his great season in the best baseball in the world in 1968, Tiant wore the jersey of the Orange trees of Hermosillo in the Mexican Pacific Leaguein the 1969-1970 season.
He Cuban He came from an injury and enrolled in the Orange trees of Hermosillo to rehabilitate from an injury suffered with the then-called Cleveland Indians, Tiant was helped by his time Mexico to prepare for the 1970 campaign in Gedge leagues.
In that year, They are running came to Hermosillo to rehabilitate after an injury suffered with the then-called Cleveland Indians. Despite not being in his best shape, he used the season in Mexico to recover his arm and prepare for the 1970 campaign in the Major Leagues.
Con Hermosillo He teamed up with great figures of the mexican baseball such as Héctor Espino, Víctor Fabela, Alfredo Ortiz, Celerino Sánchez, Ramón “Diablo” Montoya and receiver Sergio “Kaliman” Robles, who was his receiver.
The legacy of Luis Tiant inside the baseball of Major Leagues and his passage through Mexico It is indelible. rest in peace Luis Tiant.
ON CD. OBREGÓN THROWN THE FIRST BALL AT THE YAQUIS STADIUM
Luis Tiant was the luxury guest of the Yaquis Club of Obregónfor the opening ceremony of the Yaquis Stadiumwhere he had to throw the first ball of the 2016-2017 season.
