Brewers hitters honor Fernandez vs. Reds

MILWAUKEE — A number of Brewers hitters stepped to the plate in silence Sunday during the home finale at Miller Park, their usual up-tempo music shelved as a tribute to Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, who died overnight in a boating accident in Miami.

There were no former teammates on Milwaukee’s roster, and Fernandez pitched just once against the Brewers. Yet the sense of loss was palpable in a quiet clubhouse Sunday morning.

“It doesn’t feel real,” Ryan Braun said. “It’s impossible to process the fact that he’s actually gone.”

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Braun played college ball at Miami and grew to love the Cuban American community there, which Fernandez joined in 2013, when his oversized personality and electric right arm made it to the Majors. Brewers manager Craig Counsell, who played parts of three seasons in Miami and won a World Series there in 1997, had the same …

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