Supportive Marlins react to Gordon news

MILWAUKEE — The news of Dee Gordon’s 80-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s drug policy happened so suddenly after Miami’s 5-3 win in Los Angeles that the Marlins barely had time to process the news Thursday night.

But after a long, cross-country flight led to an early Friday morning arrival in Milwaukee, members of the organization came to Miller Park ready to shift focus back to baseball.

• Gordon suspended 80 games

“Listen, it could have been a knee injury that could have kept him out for 2 1/2 months,” Marlins president David Samson said. “This is far worse, obviously, because this is a betrayal. I’m just talking about in terms of time.”

Samson spoke with Gordon on Thursday night and described the second baseman as “very emotional.”

Coming off winning a National League batting title in 2015, Gordon signed a five-year, $50 million contract with Miami in January.

“I absolutely love him like a son,” Samson said Friday. “I talked to him like a son last night and told him that I was very frustrated and hurt and that I didn’t like him at that very moment, but I always loved him and will always. Now it is time to rehabilitate himself for his teammates and for his fans and for this organization.”

Instead of the focus being on Miami’s current five-game winning streak, …

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