By now, you've likely heard all about how Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner defied Major League Baseball’s COVID-19 policies by celebrating with his teammates after testing positive for the disease.

You’ve likely heard that he came out of the game in the eighth inning after MLB confirmed a positive test result. You also likely saw Turner come back out onto the field to celebrate and take pictures with the trophy after the Dodgers closed out the Tampa Bay Rays. You may have heard about Turner “emphatically” refusing to comply with security personnel attempting to keep him off the field, according to a statement from MLB.

You probably even saw the picture of a maskless Turner kissing his wife, Kourtney, while holding the Commissioner’s Trophy.

Before the night ended, an irresponsible decision from one of the Dodgers’ franchise cornerstones became the single storyline to follow at the conclusion of the 2020 World Series. In a way, it’s appropriate that COVID-19 would dominate the conversation about the final game of the MLB season. The Turner controversy now overshadows all over the extraordinary stories that the Dodgers’ first World Series title since 1988 presents.

Whether it be Clayton Kershaw rewriting his playoff legacy, the Dodgers overcoming devastating playoff exits seven years in a row (including twice in the World Series), Dave Roberts proving once and for all that he can manage a championship team or the Mookie Betts trade paying off in the first year of his contract, the Dodgers’ victory offered heartwarming stories in every direction.

If happy endings don’t fit your style, even baseball cynics were having a field day on Rays manager Kevin Cash’s decision to pull starting pitcher Blake Snell in the sixth inning before COVID-19 became the single discussion point.

Turner’s positive test would have undoubtedly been a major storyline, but certainly not big enough to dwarf every other narrative.

Now, however, as the Dodgers and Rays await their Wednesday morning test results, Turner’s decision will continue to dominate the baseball news landscape as the potential of a super-spreader event possibly fulfills itself.

While most of the reception to Turner’s violation of MLB’s policies was negative, several members of the Dodgers organization defended Turner during their postgame interviews.

“The people who were around him were people that would be in the contact tracing web anyway” said Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman. “I don't think there was anyone that was going to stop him from going out.”

“Forget all that,” said star outfielder Mookie Betts. “He’s part of the team. We’re not excluding him.”

It’s true that most people on the field were in close contact with Turner throughout the series anyway, but if no one else had tested positive so far, celebrating with them put them at a greater risk than necessary. Many people on the field also haven’t had close contact with Turner, including teammates’ wives, girlfriends and children.

Wanting to celebrate the greatest possible achievement in baseball is understandable. Completely. It does not, however, justify violating the public health rules that cost teams like the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals significant portions of their seasons.

Similar to Turner’s case, Juan Soto was forced to miss the Washington Nationals’ World Series banner ceremony and first eight games after receiving a — possibly false — positive test. The only difference was that he, also a franchise cornerstone, didn’t violate the coronavirus guidelines after testing positive.

Americans across the country have canceled graduations, weddings and birthday celebrations to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. They all deserved to celebrate but instead followed public health guidelines to protect one another.

Turner put his teammates and their families at risk and has distracted from the exciting narratives that would otherwise be the talk of the land. He’ll have to live with that.

Hopefully the celebration was worth it.