Los Angeles Dodgers: Retracing Dee Gordon’s Rise from Bust to All-Star

A year ago, the jury was still out on Dee Gordon.

He had the potential to be a standout major league player, but his inconsistency at the plate and in the field overshadowed his dazzling speed on the basepaths.

It’s only taken half a season of deliberation for the jury to reach the unanimous verdict that the Dodgers second baseman is the real deal—the jury being those who deemed Gordon worthy of going to his first All-Star Game this season.

"It was an amazing feeling, just where I came from," Gordon told reporters, per the Los Angeles Times. “I almost cried when Donnie told me.”