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World Series 2020

World Series 2020: The oddest of World Series ends with the most 2020 moment of the season ARLINGTON, Texas -- In this oddest of years, this most peculiar of baseball seasons, there was perhaps no more telling snapshot of the United States, circa 2020, than a COVID-19-positive man sitting on the ground, maskless, next to a cancer survivor, maskless as well, with indelible grins spread across their faces. Sports is and always will be a metaphor for society. The  Los Angeles Dodgers  won the World Series on Tuesday night, and in the moments after, the world learned that  Justin Turner , the team's third baseman and pulse of the clubhouse, had contracted the coronavirus. Turner was asked to isolate. He did not abide. He strode onto the field, where his teammates were celebrating their  3-1 victory  over the  Tampa Bay Rays  in Game 6, and joined. He removed his mask to pose for pictures with his wife, whom he kissed. He planted himself on the ground as th...

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