By the age of 23, Reyes had already gained recognition as a sportswriter under the pseudonym Fray Nano.
[1] In 1930, Reyes founded the world's first daily newspaper devoted to sports, La Afición.
While Reyes was attempting to smooth over relations with professional baseball executives in the United States, he had grown frustrated by Pasquel's bold assertions of authority.
[4] He was elected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971 and was inducted during the first ceremony in 1973.
[5] El Estadio Fray Nano is a baseball stadium in Mexico that was home to the Diablos Rojos del México beginning in 2015.