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Wednesday 28 October

At press time: NY Mets and KC Royals are tied 1-1
\of Game 1 of the World Series

Kansas City Royals catcher AGE
Salvador Perez, right, talks OLD
with starting pitcher Edinson
Volquez during the third Kobe, TD head group of aging, 37-plus ex-All-Stars
inning of Game 1 of the Major
League Baseball World Series This Dec. 19, 2014, file photo shows San Antonio Spurs
against the New York Mets forward Tim Duncan shooting against Portland Trail
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in Blazers center Joel Freeland, left, during the first half of
Kansas City, Mo. an NBA basketball game in San Antonio.

Associated Press Associated Press

Volquez loses

father before

World Series

start

DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) —
The father of Royals pitch-
er Edinson Volquez died
Tuesday in the Dominican
Republic, shortly before his
son took the mound to start
Game 1 of the World Series
against the New York Mets.
Two people familiar with
the situation told The Asso-
ciated Press that 63-year-
old Danio Volquez died
from heart failure. His son
was informed of Volquez’s
passing on the way to the
ballpark, where he was
scheduled to make his
World Series debut.
The people spoke on con-
dition of anonymity Tues-
day night because they
were not authorized to dis-
cuss the matter.
The elder Volquez, a me-
chanic in the Dominican
Republic, introduced his
son to the game when he
was about 10 years old.
Edinson Volquez often re-
turned home to visit his
parents, and said not long
ago that they were his big-
gest supporters while try-
ing to make it in the big
leagues.q