Word: knucklers
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Dates: during 1974-1974
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Being signed by the Red Sox in 1971, he says, "was like coming back from the dead." He brought back with him a high-octane fastball- still his best pitch-a good knuckler, curve and a blooper ball that floats by hypnotized batters. At the same time, he began refining the twists and twitches that he has now developed to a rubbery art. The gregarious Cuban also brought along an inexhaustible sense of humor, a special brand of English and an omnipresent cigar that he smokes, or chews, even in the shower. Red Sox teammates used to douse Tiant...