Column: Turner's selfish celebration mars Dodger triumph

Well, at least the contact tracing should be easy.

The Dodger postseason roster would be a good place to start. So would the team picture on the field after winning the World Series.

You know, the one with Justin Turner sitting front and center among all his teammates, unmasked in his full red-bearded glory.

Turner’s quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 during the clinching win over Tampa Bay ended up lasting just two innings. The repercussions from his ill-advised decision to celebrate the World Series with his teammates figure to last a whole lot longer.

No, it’s not Turner’s fault he contracted the virus like millions of others. But it is his fault that his appearance on the field afterward overshadowed the feel-good story of the last three decades in Los Angeles.

This should have been about a team that persevered through a season like no other to win for the first time since Ronald Reagan was president. The players on the Dodgers deserved that, manager Dave Roberts deserved that, and the long-suffering fans surely deserved that.

Instead, it became a cautionary tale about what not to do to others when you’re infected with the coronavirus.

Turner paraded around on national television with the World Series trophy in his hand. The star third baseman hugged his teammates, and he kissed his wife.

Then, in an incredibly tone-deaf — and incredibly selfish — grand finale, he took off his mask and plopped himself in the middle of all his happy teammates for an official team victory photo

Congratulations, Dodgers, you’re the World Series champions. Now everyone please go into quarantine and don't forget to keep checking your temperature.

A privileged player thought it was his privilege to decide whether he could celebrate or not. By doing so, Turner...

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