Last month — nobody seems to recall the exact date, but it was between the end of the World Series and Thanksgiving — Dave Dombrowski, Sam Fuld, and Rob Thomson flew to Florida, sat down at Trea and Kristen Turner’s dinner table, and talked.
“It was just an afternoon, just really informal to get to know one another,” said Fuld, the Phillies’ general manager. “No different than any other three-hour, non-meal event that occurs in life.”
But the message made all the difference. The Phillies delegation made sure the Turners knew that Trea was their top free-agent priority. They told the 29-year-old shortstop that they wanted him to play in Philadelphia for the rest of his career.
