There is not much worth remembering about the 2012 Red Sox. But their June series in Miami was a bit entertaining, thanks to Luis Tiant. El Tiante was in town and spent time around the team after throwing out the first pitch in the first game.

Former teammates, media members, and others reacted to the death of Red Sox pitching great Luis Tiant Tuesday at 83.

BOSTON (AP) — Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban with a horseshoe mustache and mesmerizing windup who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a World Series championship and pitched himself to the doorstep of the baseball Hall of Fame, has died. He was 83.