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Ichiro hopes there’s still plenty of player to go with mentor in second stint with Mariners | The News Tribune

Dee Gordon showed up at the stadium in Miami. It was an off day for the Marlins, but there was Ichiro Suzuki, working out and going over fielding drills.

So Gordon joined in, too.

“He don’t take no days off,” Gordon said. “Off days, he’d be at the stadium. I didn’t do that until I saw him do it.

“He’s one of the best people who has come into my life and my career. He helped me a lot and he still does.”

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