Twitter and Dodgers Players React to Dee Gordon Suspension
What felt like moments after the Miami Marlins swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in L.A. for the first time ever, news came down the wire that Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon will be suspended for 80 games after testing positive for PEDs.
Gordon tested positive for exogenous Testosterone and Clostebol, MLB announced.
— Dylan Hernández (@dylanohernandez) April 29, 2016
Marlins 2B Dee Gordon suspended 80 games without pay after testing positive for performance-enhancing substances, effective immediately.
— MLB (@MLB) April 29, 2016
When the news broke some Dodgers players took to twitter reacting to the news:
Big day for drugs in Sports.
— Brett Anderson (@_BAnderson30_) April 29, 2016
so he had a career year and said "Oh, what the hell, why not cheat the game now?" This is a sad one man.
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) April 29, 2016
Despite the suspension being without pay the punishment Gordon will receive is nothing when compared to how much his five-year contract with the Marlins is worth.
Dee Gordon signed a five-year, $50M extension this offseason. He'll lose about $1.63M to his suspension. If he stays clean, rest guaranteed.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) April 29, 2016
Many wondered why the announcement came after the Dodgers series as oppose to before:
https://twitter.com/TBrownYahoo/status/725929352500678656
Then came the reactions …
I'm sorry, Andrew Friedman and Farhan Zaidi, for making fun of you guys for trading Dee Gordon.
— Dylan Hernández (@dylanohernandez) April 29, 2016
Another reason why players still cheat… not very much consequence outside of reputation https://t.co/Blh34O9IlG
— Chris Wolf (@ChrisWolfDC) April 29, 2016
I'm just going to leave this here … pic.twitter.com/kzDetqowlc
— Elisa Hernandez (@EHernandezTV) April 29, 2016
Dee Gordon leads the #Marlins to a win/sweep over the #Dodgers … 10 minutes later suspended for 80 games … pic.twitter.com/zs0cnGRQeD
— Dodgers Nation (@DodgersNation) April 29, 2016
New L.A. Rams QB Jared Goff’s Past Tweet on Puig Haunts HimCan we make this retroactive to before this Dodgers series? https://t.co/I4wv7kyAZr
— Tim Cates (@timcates) April 29, 2016
Fans also showed their shock, frustration and funny memes:
So he waited until after this series to admit he cheated? Something is wrong with this process. https://t.co/TXeTEklwJH
— Jeremy Dorn (@jamblinman) April 29, 2016
@EHernandezTV @MLB not sure how I feel about PEDee Gordon right about now… 2 days ago he would've never been booed at Dodger Stadium
— R??? K??? W??????? (@RyanKyleWill) April 29, 2016
@Dodgers @DodgersNation pic.twitter.com/qz6NHglalc
— Mr_Matt_Beltran (@Mr_Matt_Beltran) April 29, 2016
@DodgersNation So that trade worked out after all?
— Glenn The Old Biker (@Oldbikerfirst) April 29, 2016
@DodgersNation we need a series do-over!!! WTF!
— ?Desirée Marion Rodriguez? (@Desilu0622) April 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/rlainez/status/725938057933787136
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