Their legacy is secure. Saturday night’s scoreless marathon will ensure the 2018 Miami Marlins are remembered as the team that always kept battling, even when nobody wanted to watch them play. David Wright’s farewell was drawn out during a four-hour, 14-minute game until the Mets mercifully plated the first run to win 1-0.
Most fans who showed up or tuned in did so because of Wright. They got four-plus innings of him: 0-for-1 with a walk and foul pop-up at the plate; involved in one routine play defensively at third base.