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Are you as excited about the Justin Turner Chia Pet as he is?

By Ben Cosman

Justin Turner had a good Wednesday. He drove in what wound up being the winning run of the Dodgers' 5-3 win over the Braves with a 10th-inning double -- and that wasn't even the best Turner news of the day.

No, this was the best Justin Turner news of the day:

The Dodgers will be giving out a Chia Pet of their third baseman to the first 40,000 fans at the ballpark on April 30. That means 40,000 Dodgers fans will soon be able to watch Turner's beard grow before their very eyes, as they daydream about his fiery orange real-life face shrubbery. And that, ladies and gents, is as exciting as a game-winning hit.
Just try not to be as weird about it as Turner himself:

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