HOUSTON — There is no guidebook for grieving, so the Royals cope in different ways. They sit in groups and share old stories. They pull out their phones and watch old highlights. Sometimes they search the internet for old interviews, just to hear the sound of his voice.
The memories come in waves, triggered by a story or photo or a stray thought that cannot be explained. Sometimes the immense sorrow hits hardest in the darkness of night.
So it was for Danny Duffy on a Friday in March. As he laid his head on a hotel pillow in San Diego, a vision of Yordano Ventura came to him in his sleep.