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 Post subject: Luis Tiant
PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2024 11:00 am 
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For those not old enough to remember him, he was a bit of a baseball celebrity in the 70's. I mostly remember him for the moustache and quirky wind-up.
Tiant won 20 or more games four times and threw 187 complete games (more than Don Sutton, Don Drysdale, Lefty Gomez or Dizzy Dean) and 49 shutouts (more than Roger Clemens, Whitey Ford, Catfish Hunter, Sandy Koufax or Bob Feller). In 1968 Tiant went 21-9, with a microscopic E.R.A. of his own, 1.60 — the lowest in the American League in more than 100 years.

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 Post subject: Re: Luis Tiant
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Yeah I remember him from my long-ago youth. Wasn't his windup so contorted that it would include him staring at the center fielder for like 10 seconds or something?

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 Post subject: Re: Luis Tiant
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I only remember him from rain delay theater games on wgn

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