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Major League Baseball suffered a tragic loss on Sunday morning. Marlins All-Star pitcher Jose Fernandez was killed in a boating accident along with two yet unidentified friends. In the aftermath, the Marlins' game Sunday against the Braves was rightfully cancelled.

In lieu of the game, the Marlins held a press conference at 12:30 p.m. Eastern. President David Samson was flanked by president of baseball operations Michael Hill and manager Don Mattingly at the table, but the entire Marlins team was also standing around the table.

You can watch the emotional, gut-wrenching video of the press conference here:

Samson spoke about Fernandez's still-unborn daughter, the moment that Fernandez was reunited with his grandmother in 2013, how many times Fernandez attempted to defect from Cuba before finally making it to America and everything in between.

"His story is representative of a story of hope, and of love, and of faith, and no one will ever let that story die," Samson said, concluding his initial statement.

Samson did point out that the game on Sunday has been called but the home game on Monday would go on as planned. He said that the general feeling of the clubhouse was that if Fernandez were here, he would want them to get out and play on Monday.

When Mattingly first started to speak, he could barely manage to get out his words without crying. He said that he'll always remember Fernandez for "the little boy in him" when he played baseball. There was a "joy" with Fernandez when he played the game. Mattingly circled back several times to how Fernandez played with the joy of a child, mentioning that it's like watching kids in Little League, as the love for the game was so evident.

"The magnanimity of his personality transcended culture, religion and race," said Samson. "His story is a story well-told and it will be told forever. When you talk about how someone's personality could outshine his talent, normally it's the other way around. In this case, his love of family and the game and being Jose -- that's a lot of the stories being told around Miami right now. Just Jose being Jose."

Martin Prado also took to the microphone to discuss the loss of friend through his tears.

"He made an impact on every single person on this team," Prado said.

Samson went on to say that the ultimate honor anyone could pay to Jose Fernandez is "when you do anything in your life, you do it right and you do it hard."

Hill had to cut his comments short, as he was unable to fight through the tears and that's when the press conference concluded.

It's difficult to worry about the logistics of baseball moving forward, but it's a reality that will be faced once Monday gets here. As noted, the players and front office believe Jose would have wanted them to go out and play baseball.

The Marlins, both players and front office staff, have much more important concerns in mind, of course. They lost a family member and baseball lost one of its young shining stars, both in terms of personality and performance.