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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...

New Nationals’ pitching coach Jim Hickey draws raves from former big league pitcher Shawn Camp... Right-hander from Northern Virginia pitched for the Rays under new pitching coach for the Nationals … Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports WASHINGTON –   Shawn Camp , a veteran Major Leaguer from Fairfax, was preparing for his second season with Tampa Bay when the team hired a new pitching coach. It was before the 2007 season and Tampa Bay landed Jim Hickey to look over a young pitching staff, after he had veterans such as  Roger Clemens  and  Andy Pettitte  with the  Houston Astros . Hickey took over for Mike Butcher and worked under manager Joe Maddon. “Obviously it was his first year with the organization,” Camp, 44, told Federal Baseball on Monday, hours after Hickey was named the new pitching coach for the  Nationals . “Any time you have a chance to work under Joe Maddon (is a plus) … Jim was a positive guy. He is very hands on with his approach.” “He simpl...