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Dodgers News: Justin Turner Breaks Silence on Social Media With Heartfelt Message

Dodgers infielder Justin Turner took to social media on Tuesday for the first time since L.A.’s shocking loss to the Padres in the NLDS 10 days ago. His message was part apology, part thanks, and entirely sincere and heartfelt.

Turner acknowledged the anger, shock, disappointment, and heartbreak Dodger fans felt when the team that won 111 games in the regular season went out with a whimper in the postseason.

“All of your emotion, pain, disappointment, sadness, tears, anger, what the F happened; I feel it all. As a Dodger who has been here for a lot of these endings, I feel like these words won’t ever be enough, and I understand that. There are no excuses, finger pointing or coulda woulda shouldas that will make this go away. For a team that had the season we had, this is gut-wrenching and hard to accept.”

JT goes on to thank Dodger fans for continuing to show up year after year to support the team we love, even mentioning the Padres’ sad tactic of refusing to sell tickets to L.A. fans in the postseason.

“But most of all, thank you for always showing up and showing love to your boys in blue. You all lead attendance at home and on the road again this year and were such a force of a fan base that they blocked our zip codes from buying playoff tickets down South.”

Turner’s apology and thanks are poignant for a couple reasons. For one, he struggled mightily in the postseason, batting just .154 with two singles and three walks in the four games. In Game 4, he came up with runners on second and third and two outs with a chance to put the game out of reach, but he grounded out weakly in his final at-bat of the postseason.

The second reason Turner’s message is so meaningful is that might have been his last at-bat in Dodger blue. Los Angeles has a $16 million team option for 2023, but it’s unclear at this point whether they plan to exercise it. JT has spent nine seasons with his hometown team and is a team leader and an icon in the community; it’s hard to picture him playing anywhere else at this point, but it’s a possibility.

Turner’s message is a good reminder to all of us that the players care deeply about the games and the fans.

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Jeff Snider

Jeff was born into a Dodgers family in Southern California and is now raising a Dodgers family of his own in Utah. During his previous career as an executive at a technology company, he began writing about baseball in his spare time. After leaving corporate America in 2014, he started doing it professionally. Jeff wrote and edited for Baseball Essential for years before joining Dodgers Nation. He's also the co-host of the Locked On Dodgers podcast, a daily podcast that brings the smart fan's perspective on our Boys in Blue. Jeff has a degree in English from Brigham Young University. Favorite Player: Clayton Kershaw Favorite Moment: Kirk Gibson's homer will always have a place, but Kershaw's homer on Opening Day 2013 might be the winner.

11 Comments

  1. JT has always been a good leader. The last sentence in this article sums it up pretty good.

  2. Yes Los Angeles dodgers should pick up Justin Turner’s option he is a dodger and should play there till he retires

    1. Great career winding down. I agree he should stay until he retires. I’ll bet there is a great 3B prospect that fits in the mix.

  3. Thank you for your years of service but no thank you. $16 million can be spent more wisely elsewhere on this team’s roster. Good luck on your future endeavors.

  4. “even mentioning the Padres’ sad tactic of refusing to sell tickets to L.A. fans in the postseason.”

    That’s done by a lot of teams, though…not hard to check that before y’all and Justin start crying.

  5. JT you are nothing but a class act. Dodger blue fans will always love you. Thank you for your passion and commitment. You are HOF to us always. LOVE YOU BROTHER!!!

  6. My sincere hope is that JT plays for us again next year and beyond until he hangs em up. Then I would hope we hang on to him as a coach or manager down the road. It hurt to lose, but think about all the thrills they gave us during the summer. Anything can happen in a short series and it happened. Love you JT….We won 111 games….I’m proud of all you guys. Stay with us.

  7. JT should stay & play for the dodgers until he runs out of gas and I would keep him,the best 3rd baseman that ever played that position”

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