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Say What? March 18 — March 24

"You have to be realistic. The reality of what they're trying to do here is build a long-term, first-class team. Not one year. Not two years. Not three years. You want teams like the Yankees, Cubs, Boston, Atlanta — teams that have been around for 100 years and have had success over a long period of time. This is a legacy that they're building. Ten years, 20 years, 30 years from now, if I'm alive, I'm going to look back and tell my family that I was here for the transformation." — Martin Prado, Marlin since 2015