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Ex-Met sympathizes with Luis Rojas' New York experience: 'Burden to manage there'
ATLANTA — Justin Turner has spent the past decade-plus of his career playing exclusively for teams in New York and Los Angeles, and from his vantage point it’s no contest...
'Run it back': Veteran agrees to return to Dodgers
LOS ANGELES — Justin Turner is returning to the Los Angeles Dodgers, announcing via Twitter on Saturday night that he's ready to “run it back” with the World Series champions...
Yankees have a growing threat in their DJ LeMahieu pursuit
The Dodgers' interest in DJ LeMahieu only seems to be growing the longer his free agency drags out. LeMahieu is the Yankees' top offseason priority, with all other major decisions...
Mets’ options to spend Cano savings go way beyond DJ LeMahieu
A week after getting a new billionaire owner, the Mets also find themselves with an additional $20 million-plus to spend thanks to Robinson Cano’s 162-game suspension for testing positive for...
Five members in Dodgers organization test positive for coronavirus
Five members of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization and a family member have tested positive for COVID-19, according to USA Today. The news organization cited the Los Angeles County Department...
MLB won't punish Justin Turner after COVID-tainted World Series celebration
Justin Turner, who celebrated on the field with his World Series-winning teammates after testing positive for COVID-19, will not face any punishment from Major League Baseball, commissioner Rob Manfred said...
Ranking MLB’s top 30 free agents and predicting where they’ll sign
This will be a Hot Stove League unlike any other. It could start slowly. It could get ugly. Yet as Eddie Murphy once said, money don’t crack. Baseball’s free-agent market,...
MLB condemns Dodgers star, launches probe into COVID-19 defiance
Justin Turner’s decision to celebrate on the field after the Dodgers clinched the World Series despite having learned during the game he’d tested positive for COVID-19 could cost the third...
Dodgers star recklessly defied MLB security trying to get him off the field
Don’t overcomplicate the matter. What we know -- and most importantly what Justin Turner knew by the end of the 116th World Series -- is that he had a highly...
Dodgers 'insisted' COVID-positive player join World Series celebration
Justin Turner was determined to celebrate his first World Series championship with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates, and they apparently supported his decision to join them. The red-bearded former Mets...
MLB commish's bizarre World Series aftermath was filled with boos
This wasn't the exhale Rob Manfred was expecting at the end of a harrowing 2020 MLB season. The Dodgers' World Series victory was coupled with the news that Justin Turner...
This Dodgers home run stat says it all
In six World Series games against the Rays at Globe Life Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the Dodgers did something that will likely never be matched: They hit more homers in...
World Series ends with thud as Justin Turner, MLB drop COVID-19 ball
ARLINGTON, Texas — After all the hoops Major League Baseball jumped through to get to this marvelous point, it failed to stick the landing. 2020 continues to be a foe...
COVID-stricken Dodgers star takes off mask to celebrate World Series
Justin Turner, who was forced to exit Game 6 after testing positive for the coronavirus, was back on the field celebrating with his teammates after the Dodgers' 3-1 World Series-clinching...
Dodgers star shockingly tested positive for COVID-19 during World Series win
A baseball season shortened by COVID-19 and challenged by the limits of trying to prevent the virus’ spread, ended with a player leaving the final game because of a positive...
Justin Turner isn't Mets' most haunting castoff ever: Sherman
Like Halloween, Justin Turner shows up every October to haunt the Mets. It has been seven seasons since Sandy Alderson took him off the Mets’ 40-man roster, and this is...
Steve Cohen must do everything to avoid this glaring Mets mistake again
ARLINGTON, Texas — Will the Steve Cohen Mets not let Justin Turner get away like the Wilpon Mets did? Maybe not. After all, Sandy Alderson, the Mets general manager who...
Odd World Series circumstances mean nothing to title-hungry Dodgers
The Dodgers had lost the World Series two straight seasons when they returned a few years later for another shot with much the same nucleus. It was 1981, a season...
MLB team does not want its players mic'd-up by ESPN
The Dodgers are pushing back against ESPN's requests for players to be mic’d up during playoff games. Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts told reporters Thursday, before Game 2 of his...
‘Tiger King’ getting surprise new episode on Netflix, Jeff Lowe reveals
The true-crime series has become a cultural phenomenon since debuting March 20.