NEW YORK -- Ever effervescent, Jose Reyes can recall the oddness of those nights when, as a teenage Minor Leaguer, he would return home to a silent house. When Ronald Acuna Sr. was playing well, things were normal enough. But when Acuna had a bad game, "he didn't talk to anyone the whole night."
"The house was quiet, bro. Quiet. Quiet," Reyes said, laughing as he told the story. "He didn't even say 'hi,' one word. He just went to his room and locked himself in."
It went like this for years.