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MIAMI, FL - SEPTEMBER 25: Items are placed at a memorial at Marlins Park for Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez September 25, 2016 in Miami, Florida. Fernandez died in a boating accident. (Photo by Joe Skipper/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, Calif. - He is from South Florida, of Cuban heritage and a pitcher.
Perhaps no Ranger on Sunday was more aware of who Jose Fernandez was and what he meant to baseball and the city of Miami than Nick Martinez.
"He was the reason people went to Marlins games," said Martinez, who grew up a Miami Marlins fan.