[The Athletic] ‘I wanted to retire’: Starling Marte speaks about his wife’s unexpected death - “My first thought was I wanted to retire and didn’t want to play any more baseball,” Marte said. “I thought my process would lead me toward that. But the more conversations I had with pastors back home and friends back home, the more I felt supported, especially by my kids. I felt supported to come back to the game and rely on them.” Marte has four children ranging from ages 10 to 1. He said Noelia’s death has been hardest on the 10-year-old, his son Smerling.
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