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“I didn't do it (pitch like he did) for show. I did it to get batters out. Players would tell me, 'We can't tell where the ball is coming from.'”

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Luis Tiant

Luis Tiant, born on November 23, 1940, is a renowned baseball player known for his exceptional pitching skills and outstanding performance throughout his career. more

“Normal relations, never. We should never forget what has happened to the people in Cuba for forty years. All baseball cares about is getting players out of Cuba. It doesn't care about the suffering, just money. The Orioles shouldn't have gone to Cuba. This is a free county, but that's the way I feel.”

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“I thought about going to NYU film school - that was this ideal to me. But I didn't make any kind of grades in high school.”

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“If they knocked two of your guys down, I'd get four. You have to protect your hitters.”

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“It's a bottom line business where a lot of gray suits are brought in and then, within two years, these guys suddenly know everything about baseball.”

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“Some of these guys wear beards to make them look intimidating, but they don't look so tough when they have to deliver the ball. Their abilities and their attitudes don't back up their beards.”

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“When the ball is over the middle of the plate, the batter is hitting it with the sweet part of the bat. When it's inside, he's hitting it with the part of the bat from the handle to the trademark. When it's outside, he's hitting it with the end of the bat. You've got to keep the ball away from the sweet part of the bat. To do that, the pitcher has to move the hitter off the plate.”

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“I just reared back and let them go.”

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