In an interview with KCSP (610 AM) on Thursday morning, Royals manager Ned Yost said one of his first thoughts after learning of Yordano Ventura’s death was Game 1 of the 2015 World Series.
Edinson Volquez was the starter for that game, but he was unaware that his father had died that day. Volquez’s family wanted him to pitch the game without knowing about his father, and Yost frequently checked to make sure that Volquez had not learned the terrible news.
“Every time I went out there, he was surrounded by Johnny Cueto and Yordano Ventura and they were laughing and they were joking,” Yost told Bob Fescoe and Josh Klingler.