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

In an 18-year career, Luis Tiant won 229 games with six teams, though his greatest success came during eight seasons with the Boston Red Sox

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.