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Fernandez's passion, joy remembered at funeral

MIAMI -- A day after fans said goodbye, family members and friends of Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez attended a private funeral Mass on Thursday.

Fernandez and two friends were killed in a boat crash off South Beach early Sunday.

"I think the most important thing is that he brought this community together around our game in a way that we haven't seen with an individual player in a very long time," MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN's Pedro Gomez outside the Mass.