"Forget everything.
He's part of our team
."
That's how blunt
Mookie Betts
, a
Los Angeles Dodgers player
, was when journalists asked him about the presence of his teammate
Justin Turner
at the celebration of the World Series title.
And it is that the matter would not have greater debate if it were not for Turner, third baseman of the California team, was
informed in the middle of the game of his positive in Covid-19
.
"And how can that be?"
All the players participating in the game take a test to find out if they have been infected or not.
Everybody.
But the
sixth game
of the World Series between the Dodgers and the Tampa Bay Rays, which could be the one that gave the Los Angeles team the title, began without total results.
So during the second inning of the game, the testing lab tipped off Major League Baseball that the test Turner had passed on Monday had revealed an "
inconclusive
"
result
.
And when they analyzed those of Tuesday, the positive was discovered.
At that time
Turner was in the field
, so the league forced the Dodgers to replace it
and send it
to
quarantine
.
At the time, the team did not report what was happening with its player, and it was not until after the game that the data was known.
The third baseman assured on Twitter that
he had no symptoms
and that he could not imagine that he would not be able to be on the field to celebrate with his teammates.
The
Dodgers defeated the Rays
and took the World Series title, thus ending a baseball season in which the league decided to isolate teams in neutral cities to play the Playoffs.
The Los Angeles team achieved its first World Series title since 1988, the seventh in its history.
And Turner was the first positive during the weeks of the championship fight.
"A bittersweet taste", acknowledged Commissioner
Rob Manfred
, who still did not know that there was a pending controversy.
In the
middle of the
Dodgers
celebration
, still televised on
Fox Sports 1
, the infected
Justin Turner appeared.
Hugging his companions
, posing with the trophy in his arms and even removing his mask for photos.
Surreal.
"
If there are people around him without a mask, it is not ideal, really,
" acknowledged Andrew Friedman, president of operations for the Dodgers.
Finals MVP
Corey Seager
understood Turner's presence at the celebration.
"
That man more than anyone deserves to take a picture with the trophy
, celebrate with us and have his family by his side enjoying this moment. Taking that away from him is not right," he summarized on Fox Sports.
Turner, sitting in the center, celebrates with his teammates.
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