Former Dodgers fan favorite Justin Turner in awkward position after wild NSFW moment

MLB Tokyo Series: Chicago Cubs v Hanshin Tigers
MLB Tokyo Series: Chicago Cubs v Hanshin Tigers | Masterpress/GettyImages

Longtime Dodgers infielder Justin Turner has always been known as a strong clubhouse presence and good teammate, but he might've ... taken things a little too far on Thursday night.

Turner went to the Cubs over the offseason and has helped propel them to one of the best team's in the league so far in 2025. In their series opener against the Pirates, Chicago was up by a run thanks to a homer from Seiya Suzuki, his 17th of the season, in the bottom of the sixth. Marquee Sports Network named Turner their "Fan of the Game" at the top of the ninth with Ryan Pressly on the mound to close things out, and switched over to a video of Suzuki and Turner celebrating from the earlier inning.

Things seemed innocuous enough at first. Suzuki did a weird, hip-shaking celebration at Turner that was probably an inside joke, and Turner, from the bottom steps into the tunnel, raised his arms and started jumping in place. But it wouldn't take an especially eagle-eyed viewer to notice that Turner was wearing ... something of the, uh, fake genital variety below his belt.

We won't get into what exactly it was — you can see for yourself — but it definitely wasn't meant for the eyes of the general viewing public, and someone on Marquee's team is definitely getting scolded by human resources right now. Cubs announcers Boog Sciambi and Jim Deshaies were rendered speechless, and Marquee broadcasted dead air for the next 30 seconds.

Former Dodger Justin Turner definitely got a Cubs broadcast employee in trouble with NSFW celebration

That video almost certainly had to have been more than a few minutes old by the time it was aired, and to make matters worse whoever was in the control room added some slow-mo as Turner jumped. Multiple eyes had to have been on that video, right? How did that many people let that to get to live TV?

There's no way that no one who had eyes on the video before it aired noticed something suspicious with the footage. The cameraman couldn't have asked Turner to ... put them away and do it again? Marquee couldn't have aired old, generic footage of Turner looking happy? It might not have been as genuine, but it sure would've been better for TV.

It's not surprising that the Cubs seem to have some off-color, clubhouse-only inside jokes — if we had to bet, we'd say that most major league clubhouses probably do — but the fact that one of them made it to air is actually kind of baffling. All in the name of content, we suppose.