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Roberts weighs in on Gordon’s suspension
- Updated: April 29, 2016
LOS ANGELES — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts expressed shock and disappointment before Friday night’s game at the news of Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon’s 80-game suspension for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs.
News of the suspension came shortly after Thursday’s 5-2 loss to the Marlins, in which Gordon drove in the tying run and scored an insurance run in the seventh inning.
Roberts and Gordon have an intertwined history with the Dodgers, despite never being with the team at the same time. Both were in the National League West from 2011-14 when Gordon was in Los Angeles and Roberts was a coach with the Padres. While competing against Gordon during that time, Roberts didn’t see anything out of the ordinary in Gordon’s development.
“Sometimes, you got to chalk it up to maturation and your body filling out,” Roberts said. “I …
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