SEATTLE -- Dee Gordon wanted to get some extra hitting in and work on his swing. And so he did.
It didn't matter that it was 12:30 a.m. and his team had just won a 13-inning, four-plus hour game against the Rays on Friday night. As the rest of the Mariners headed home, Gordon trooped to the batting cage to get some extra swings, then emerged on the field pulling a bucket of balls and proceeded to hit off a tee for nearly a half-hour.
The Safeco Field lights were out, the outfield sprinklers were on, but Gordon kept pushing balls to left field, eventually walking out and retrieving all the balls and then returning to home plate to hit some more.