NEW YORK — It has been more than two decades since Rolando Paulino became both the hero and pariah of youth baseball, in short order.
Now 59 years old, he has lost much of the weight and color in his face from that brief and tumultuous dalliance in the media spotlight. He is also driving a taxicab, which Paulino squeezes into a Jackson Ave., spot on a recent afternoon.
The glory of receiving a key to New York City was long ago replaced by obscurity and a lifetime ban from Little League International, but less has changed than one might expect.
