The Tony Peña Story
Tony Peña turns 62 today. And this, from 2003, is one of my all-time favorite stories.
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On the road to Villa Vasquez, Tony Peña cried, not for the first time that day and not for the last.
"No," he said. "Not that story. I will not tell that story."
His Mercedes raced through dust and bugs and waves of heat, past emptiness.
Nobody lives on the road to …