I hope that MLB is just trying to do something symbolic over Turner’s joining the Dodgers celebrations of their WS championship. Yes, he posed a severe risk of passing the virus on to others. But how many times in a player’s career – any player, any sport – is that athlete going to experience that moment of winning a world title and knowing that, for that year, you were part of the best team on the planet? It is as pure a moment of joy as any pro athlete will have. Denying that impulse is like denying our humanity.
I hope that MLB is just trying to do something symbolic over Turner’s joining the Dodgers celebrations of their WS championship. Yes, he posed a severe risk of passing the virus on to others. But how many times in a player’s career – any player, any sport – is that athlete going to experience that moment of winning a world title and knowing that, for that year, you were part of the best team on the planet? It is as pure a moment of joy as any pro athlete will have. Denying that impulse is like denying our humanity.