MILWAUKEE -- As Justin Turner goes ... you know the rest.
Since his emergence as an offensive, defensive and clubhouse difference-maker in 2014, the Dodgers have had players with grander contracts and glitzier celebrity, but none have made as much of an impact and garnered as much peer respect as the 33-year-old third baseman, who begins his third consecutive National League Championship Series when the Dodgers and Brewers meet on Friday night at Miller Park.
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The magnitude of Turner's presence in the Dodgers' lineup was proven this year when he wasn't in it.