The Marlins on Monday were 2,000 miles and 365 days removed from a heartbreaking experience none of them will soon forget, the death of Jose Fernandez.
To some, it felt like it just happened.
“After a year, it seems like yesterday,” said injured third baseman Martin Prado. “This is going to stay here for a long time. It’s not just the first year, second year. It’s going to be forever.”
Said manager Don Mattingly: “It feels real for me. It definitely feels real.”
Monday marked the one-year anniversary of the boating tragedy that killed Fernandez and two friends, Eduardo Rivero and Emilio Macias.