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5. Royals and Marlins playing for more than just baseball

As exciting as the upcoming baseball season is, parts of the 2017 season will have a decidedly melancholy feel to it.

Of course, this is due to the late season death of Marlins ace Jose Fernandez, and the offseason death of Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura.

Kansas City infielder Raul Mondesi Jr. knows it will be hard, but has stated that he wants to honor his late friend.

“Everybody knows how he was with me,” Mondesi said, via Rustin Dodd of The Kansas City Star. “We were like brothers. So it’s pretty tough. It’s not easy. But I know he’s going to be proud of me if I keep doing my stuff.”

Meanwhile, Miami honored Fernandez in the final week of the 2016 season. So, we’ve already seen plenty of fantastic on-field tributes (including Dee Gordon’s chill inducing lead-off home run in the Marlins first game back). Another will certainly come on July 11, when the Marlins host the All-Star Game.

For both of these teams, 2017 will be defined by more than wins and losses. Honoring these fallen young men will be just as important.

While it will be sad, it will be nice to see the way Miami and Kansas City (the communities and their teams) do that.

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