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Trea Turner was summoned to jury duty, then showed up to camp a few hours later

Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner throws to second during a spring training baseball workout Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (David J. Phillip/AP)

Trea Turner is a native of Lake Worth, Fla., which is only a few miles from Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, where the Nationals hold their Spring Training. So, when he was summoned for jury duty on Wednesday, he had no excuse to get out of it.

What do you think it's like when a Major Leaguer serves as a juror? Does he relate everything back to baseball, looking for objective truth like an umpire? Does he turn to his fellow jurors and say things like, "Our job is to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat"?
Well, whatever Turner did, it worked. He is apparently as quick at serving his duty as a citizen of the United States as he is in the outfield: He appeared in court, Turner said, and was told he wasn't needed on Wednesday. 

Turner said he was just glad to avoid a two-week stint on a jury. His manager, for what it's worth, would've understood:
"When they call, you don't have much choice," Dusy Baker said. "[Turner] seemed pretty happy about not doing it though." <o:p>
Either way, it wasn't long before he was back at his day job:

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