Column: Ripple effects from Justin Turner’s positive coronavirus test could just be starting

The Dodgers pose for a team photo after beating the Tampa Bay Rays to become World Series champions. But the ripple effects of Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner’s positive test for coronavirus, which was confirmed Tuesday and forced manager Dave Roberts to pull him from the game in the eighth inning, have only just begun to be measured. Dodgers Photos: Dodgers defeat Rays to capture World Series title Photos from the Dodgers’ World Series championship win over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 6 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 27, 2020. Asked if he had seen Turner on the field after the positive test results had become widely known, Betts seemed surprised anyone would think Turner shouldn’t have been there. Clayton Kershaw, finally and deservedly a World Series champion after so many frustrating finishes, called Turner “the rock in the postseason for us every single year.” Kershaw added, “Just like tonight might not be the night that we expected as a team or that he expected individually, they’ll never be able to take away the World Series championship from any of us.” The Dodgers are lucky they wrapped it up before a season bent by the pandemic could be ruined by an abrupt ending without a champion being declared.