It didn’t have the storybook ending he or Marlins fans wanted.
Giancarlo Stanton walked off the field after taking one last rip at an 86-mile per hour slider from Arodys Vizcaino and coming up short of home run No. 60.
As loud chants of ‘M-V-P’ echoed around Marlins Park, Stanton emerged from the dugout, raised his bat and pounded his chest.
Was it the last time Stanton would play in a Marlins uniform?
Was it the last time he’d make up one-third of arguably baseball’s best outfield along with Christian Yelich and Marcell Ozuna?