Dee Gordon’s body, specifically his aching right wrist, told him not to come back so soon. It didn’t feel right and only felt worse after each game he played.
But his mind told him that he needed to be out on the field for a Mariners team that was in the midst of an awful run of baseball. Everything he’d learned about the game growing up, particularly the idea of playing hurt and through pain when needed, pushed him toward the field when he should have been resting and rehabbing.
Now six days into his 10-day injured list stint, Gordon admitted that he made the wrong decision.