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For Turturro, the news of a top player leaving the Yankees felt like a painful breakup. He described it as being shunned and compared it to a romantic relationship where one party leaves for someone else—a stark metaphor for the emotional investment fans have in their teams. Just hours after the announcement, Turturro conveyed how surreal it felt to witness his beloved team lose a star player to the Mets, a rival that he viewed as second-rate despite their recent successes.