“Mr. JT, what do you may have for me now?”
How about being named a Dodgers nominee for a prestigious award on your compassion and generosity off the sector?
The third Los Angeles Dodgers baseman Justin Turner was named a Dodgers recipient and nominee for the distinguished Roberto Clemente Award on Tuesday.
The group introduced this in a press launch on Tuesday morning.
“Los Angeles is lucky to have Justin for each his affect as an all-star on the Dodger lineup and his continued efforts to enhance the lives of Angelenos,” stated Naomi Rodriguez, Dodger vp of exterior affairs and affairs Group Relations. “Justin, Kourtney and the Justin Turner Basis are invaluable companions within the Dodger group and our mission to serve our group, and we’re proud to appoint him for this prestigious award.”
The award was first established in 1971 to honor Main League Baseball gamers for his or her charitable and philanthropic work off the sector. Initially known as the Commissioner’s Award, the popularity was renamed the Roberto Clemente Award after the Pittsburgh Pirates Corridor of Fame member was killed in a 1972 aircraft crash delivering reduction provides to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
The annual award acknowledges an MLB participant who finest represents the sport of baseball by way of his distinctive character, group engagement, philanthropy, and charitable contributions off the sector.
One participant might be chosen from all 30 MLB groups as that group’s nominee. That is the fourth time Justin Turner has been nominated.
Turner and his spouse Kourtney based the Justin Turner Basis (JTF) in 2016 and have helped assist homeless veterans, kids (and their households) battling life-changing ailments and diseases, and numerous youth baseball organizations. JTF even partnered with the Dream Heart in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic to create a blackboard program that delivered meals from native eating places in Los Angeles to kids and households in want.
For a full recap of Justin’s dedication to the Los Angeles group, please go to MLB.com/Clemente21.
“I’m honored to be the Dodgers’ nominee for this award and to be talked about alongside Roberto Clemente for displaying us the impression athletes could make and what it means to offer again to the group,” stated Turner. “My spouse Kourtney and I are humble at this recognition and promise to proceed to serve these in want, particularly our homeless veterans, and our hospitals, faculties and youth sports activities.”
Dodger pitcher Max Scherzer, who was taken over by Los Angeles on July 30 after seven seasons with Washington, was chosen because the Nationals nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award.
Clayton Kershaw was the final dodger to win the award in 2012.
