LOS ANGELES -- Justin Turner's first baseball memory occurred 39 days before his fourth birthday, at his grandmother's house in Lakewood, California, where he watched Kirk Gibson hit the legendary home run that propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers to a World Series title in 1988. His recollections of that moment are hazy, progressively more so over time. But he is reminded of it constantly, as a longtime member of a Dodgers franchise that seems to play Gibson's highlight on a constant loop, biding the time until another championship moment can replace it.
As summer turned to fall, Turner was asked if he had finally grown tired of that '88 team.