PHILADELPHIA -- Champagne celebrations in a baseball clubhouse are as fun as they look -- truthfully, they are more fun -- which is why Trea Turner couldn’t bear to watch the Phillies celebrate their second consecutive National League East title on Sept. 15 at Dodger Stadium.

“I was too jealous,” he said Thursday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park.

Turner’s third season with the Phillies has been his best. He could win the franchise’s first batting title since 1958. He could finish in the top five for NL MVP. He could get votes for a Gold Glove Award. But Turner hasn’t played since Sept. 7, because of a strained right hamstring . So, while the Phillies flew to Los Angeles on Sept. 14 to begin a six-game road trip, Turner stayed in Philadelphia to continue his rehab .

The next night

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