SEATTLE -- Dee Gordon has excelled in baseball by being fast. Extremely fast.
But now the new Mariners center fielder knows his challenge is to be a quick learner as well, as he transitions to a defensive position he's never played in professional ball. And he's wasting no time getting to work.
Just two weeks since being acquired by Seattle, the former Gold Glove Award-winning second baseman with the Marlins has already spent time doing outfield drills with Mariners coach Chris Prieto at a field near his home in Windermere, Fla.
Gordon acquired to play CF