Apparently Martí was asked "how do you feel?" before a game, to which he replied: "yo no juego field, lo que juego es catcher de Mayagüez" ("I'm not a fielder, I play catcher for Mayagüez").
Martí reportedly asked how he felt before a game and replied: "I do not play on the field. My position is that of a catcher for Mayagüez."