Cincinnati Reds legend Johnny Bench shared a heartfelt message about Luis Tiant, the former Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Guardians (Indians) pitcher who died Tuesday.

There will never be another quite like Luis Clemente Tiant Vega, the legendary Cuban pitcher with the one-of-a-kind windup who thrived when the lights shone brightest. Tiant died on Tuesday at age

For a couple of weeks at almost every spring training this century, Tiant and I lived in the same Florida hotel, and he became a friend of the family.