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FILE - Boston Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant is pictured in 1974. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin, File)

FILE - Boston Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant is pictured in 1974. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin, File)

FILE - Luis Tiant of the Cleveland Indians pitches against the New York Yankees in the fourth inning at Yankee Stadium in 1968. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)

FILE - Luis Tiant of the Cleveland Indians pitches against the New York Yankees in the fourth inning at Yankee Stadium in 1968. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)

FILE - Former major league baseball player Luis Tiant signs baseballs for firefighters at the Manchester Fire Department in Manchester, N.H., as presidential hopeful, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, right, watches, Monday, May 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter, File)

FILE - Former major league baseball player Luis Tiant signs baseballs for firefighters at the Manchester Fire Department in Manchester, N.H., as presidential hopeful, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, right, watches, Monday, May 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter, File)

FILE - Boston Red Sox great Luis Tiant talks in the picnic area during spring training baseball, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, in Fort Myers, Fla. (Corey Perrine/Naples Daily News via AP, File)

FILE - Boston Red Sox great Luis Tiant talks in the picnic area during spring training baseball, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, in Fort Myers, Fla. (Corey Perrine/Naples Daily News via AP, File)