For Edison Volquez, Tuesday night started out as a baseball player’s dream. The 32-year-old was the starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals in Game 1 of the World Series.

However, by the time he was pulled in the 6th inning, the native of the Dominican Republic was on his way to enduring a painful night. Volquez’s father had died earlier in the day, but according to reports, he was not told until after he left the game.

Volquez’s wife, Roandy, got a hold of Royals General Manager Dayton Moore before the start of the game and asked that they not give Volquez the news about the passing of the 63-year-old Danio Volquez. Moore consulted with manager Ned Yost and agreed to hold off on informing their pitcher.

“I don’t feel bad,” Yost said in a press conference after the game. “I love Eddie Volquez and if his family asked me to do something, I’m going to do it. I almost told him when he was done, ‘You need to go call your wife,’ But I didn’t.”

With Fox carrying the World Series, they made the decision to not mention the death at any point until they had gotten word that Volquez knew for sure. Their reasoning was that he was known for going into the clubhouse between inning and didn’t want him to walk by a television set and find out that way.

Broadcast generally on in clubhouse. Conflicting reports on whether Volquez knows. We are not taking chance he would find out through us.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) October 28, 2015

It wasn’t until Volquez had left the stadium that announcer Joe Buck informed the fans.

However, not all news entities made the same decision. ESPN Deportes, the Spanish arm of the network, is believed to have been the first the make the announcement. The Associated Press followed up with an online story.

From there, the news spread like wild fire on social media.

However, both ESPN and AP are reporting that Volquez knew before the game that his father had died. Even the Royals aren’t 100 percent one way or the other.

Source close to the Volquez family confirms to @Enrique_Rojas1 and @ESPNDeportes that Edinson Volquez’s father died today in the DR

— Marly Rivera ~ ESPN (@MarlyRiveraESPN) October 27, 2015

The uncertainty has made for a particularly messy situation for the press and journalists that turned into a debate Wednesday morning on social media and networks such as ESPN, where it was discussed on the show Mike & Mike.

@Espngreeny Reporters don’t run names of deceased in accidents/homicides until family knows. Volquez situation is no different. #mikeandmike

— Justin Rallis (@justinrallis) October 28, 2015

Media can report it after Volquez knows If they don’t know if he knows or not they need to keep it quite #mikeandmike #journalisticintegrity

— Jawaan Williams (@J_Waan) October 28, 2015

I never said I wanted to be first. But at some point, you have to report it. I said several times if it got out. https://t.co/CSkfGnzZEn

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) October 28, 2015

The Royals went on to win Game 1 of the series by beating the Mets 5-4 in 14 innings. But the players and coaches had Volquez and his family on their minds.

“I certainly sympathize with the pain [Volquez is] going through tonight,” Royals pitcher Chris Young said. “It’s hard, it’s really hard. I just really can’t describe. I just feel sorry for him and feel his pain.”