It should have been Jose Fernandez out there on his 25th birthday, trying to close out a no-hitter against Washington Nationals, maybe even pitching what could have been a surprising Marlins team into first place.
Instead, Fernandez's family and baby daughter visited Marlins Park for the first time since his death. Teammates left birthday wishes on Twitter. Miami is nowhere near a playoff spot. And his good friend Gio Gonzalez was in the spotlight, back in the city where he grew up and graduated high school from, taking a no-hitter into the bottom of the ninth.