NEW YORK
For most of two days, the lines of communication were silent, the interaction in bits and pieces. Then came one phone call on Thursday evening.
Two days after starting Game 1 of the World Series just hours after his father had died of heart failure, Edinson Volquez picked up his phone in the Dominican Republic and checked in with Royals pitching coach Dave Eiland.
The conversation was brief, Eiland said, maybe six or seven minutes. Eiland offered his condolences and asked about Volquez’s family. The subject of baseball did not come up until the conversation reached its end.