Luis Tiant is among the most charismatic and accomplished players in Boston Crimson Sox history-a cigar-chomping maestro who was simply the core of Boston’s teams in the 1970s. In his white polyester standard, with a paunch in his stomach and a Fu Manchu mustache on his face, Tiant appeared as if a guy moving out of bed to get a Sunday-morning beer little league. But no one was a tougher rival on the gemstone, and few were as successful. There may be no more certified pitcher not however enshrined in the about Child of Havana: A Football Journey from Cuba towards the Big Leagues and Back again Baseball Hall of Popularity.

His big-league dreams came at a steep price-racism in the Deep South as well as the Boston suburbs, 15 years separated from a family held captive in Castro’s Cuba. But baseball also delivered World Series stardom and a heroic return to his island home after a half-century of pressured exile. The person whose name-‘El Tiante’-became a Fenway Recreation area battle cry hasn’t fully shared his tale in his personal words, as yet.

In Boy of Havana, Tiant puts his huge heart on his sleeve and describes his road from fields strewn with rocks and rubbish in Havana towards the pristine lawns of Major Little league ballparks. Ballplayers, family members, and mass media also weigh-in-including a foreword by fellow 1975 hero Carl Yastrzemski and the first in-depth interview ever with Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk around the magic behind the Boston batterymates.