The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in Game 6 to win their first World Series title since 1988.
But this news was marred by the fact that Justin Turner was removed from the game in the 8th inning due to a positive COVID test. How was the information not known before the game?
To make matters worse, instead of being in isolation, Turner went back on the field to celebrate with his teammates without a mask and refused to leave the field.
So now virtually the rest of the Dodgers' organization is going to have to go into quarantine.
I only managed to watch three innings of this World Series and couldn't watch anymore. I'm glad I missed this mockery, but am angered by the example that was set or lack thereof.
If people see Justin Turner refusing to isolate after being diagnosed with COVID-19 or Vice-President Pence refuse to quarantine (despite being the head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force) then a lot of people will probably follow suit and make this pandemic even worse than it already is.
The 2020 MLB season already had three strikes against it - COVID being strike one. What should have been its finest hour was instead its lowest moment since the 1919 Black Sox Scandal amid a pandemic more than a century ago. This was no cause for celebration.
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