For Chris Sale, Saturday’s return to JetBlue Park, where he spent seven Spring Trainings with the Red Sox, started with an ...

Tiant] was a special person,” Sale said of Tiant, who died in October. “I just felt like that was something cool for me to be able to do to kind of tip my cap to him.” ...

"El Tiante," as he was nicknamed, was also well-known for using an elongated, over-the-head windup to deliver pitches. As such, Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Sale honored the late Tiant with the same ...