MLB: Turner looks positive and celebrates the Dodgers title without a mask

The Dodgers star has changed due to Corona and takes off her mask at the title party

The Los Angeles Dodgers have won the World Series for the first time in 32 years. The Californian team, which had lost two in the last three years in the final, decided for themselves the sixth final of the MLB against the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 and the series 4-2.

In the last game of the baseball season, however, it was not the historic success of the Dodgers that caused the big discussion, but two substitutions. In the sixth inning, Rays manager Kevin Cash initially took his pitcher Blake Snell off the pitch, although his team was in the lead. Soon after, the Dodgers showed up and laid the groundwork to win the title within minutes in the seventh inning.

In the eighth inning, Dodgers player Justin Turner had to leave the pitch. The third base man tested positive for corona virus. The MLB and the Dodgers were only informed of the positive test during the match, league boss Rob Manfred confirmed after the match. “We therefore immediately isolated it to avoid spreading,” said the commissioner. So far, so good.

But Turner returned to the field for the celebration of victory. The 35-year-old joined his teammates in mouth and nose guards to celebrate with them. Turner also wore the mask when he was photographed with the trophy, the Commissioner’s Trophy. Later, however, he took it off for the joint winning photo with the team.

Turner wrote on Twitter: “I feel great, I have no symptoms. I just experienced every emotion you can think of. I can’t believe I can’t be out there partying with my boys! But I’m so proud of this team. “

The incident naturally throws a bad light on the MLB concept of protection. Dodgers president Andrew Friedman, who sat next to third base in the winning photo, said after the game, according to the New York Times, that Turner was paying attention to his teammates, especially those he had never been close to. contact first. Also, Turner didn’t speak to reporters, but only celebrated with teammates he had been in contact with before and who now need to be tested and quarantined anyway.

Friedman went on to say he still doesn’t know when the Dodgers will return to Los Angeles. For now, the return to the hotel is scheduled for tests and contact tracing. (pre)