Boston Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant, center, and his wife, Maria, walk from the plane at Logan International Airport in Boston, mass., on arrival from Oakland, Calif., where the Red Sox defeated

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Boston Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant, center, and his wife, Maria, walk from the plane at Logan International Airport in Boston, mass., on arrival from Oakland, Calif., where the Red Sox defeated

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Luis Tiant, Boston Red Sox pitcher, escorts his wife, Maria, from Logan International Airport in Boston, Mass., after the Red Sox returned from Cincinnati after Game 5 of the World Series against