If Starling Marte returns to the New York ... who raised him since he was 9. Marte’s grandmother, Ponga Brigida, raised Marte in the Dominican Republic after his mother died early in his life.

DENVER — Baseball can be poetic, and for Starling Marte, this was one of those moments. Marte, on the first pitch he saw since returning from the bereavement list following his grandmother’s ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mets outfielder Starling Marte was placed on the bereavement list following the death of his grandmother, which came nearly two years to the day after his wife died of a ...

Starling Marte was starting to get hot when personal ... from the bereavement list on May 21 after mourning the loss of his grandmother, Ponga Brigida, who raised him and his two sisters, Marte ...

Marte is out of the lineup for Sunday's game ... who had been away from the Mets for several days following the death of his grandmother, returned to action in memorable fashion in Game 1 on ...

DENVER — What Starling Marte remembered most Saturday afternoon, playing his first game since the unexpected death of the grandmother who raised him, was the prayer she taught him to say before ...

Starling Marte celebrates after his two-run homer ... Marte said the loss of his grandmother was difficult given that she had raised him since he was 10 years old, following his mother’s ...