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Turner, who’s a Dolphins fan, joined the Crimson Sox this previous offseason after exchanging textual content messages with the Patriots coach.
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Though Justin Turner is a member of the Crimson Sox, the participant’s NFL fandom isn’t with the Patriots.
Turner, a California native, admitted in an interview with Peacock’s Ahmed Fareed and Jensen Lewis that he’s a Dolphins fan and started rooting for the Patriots’ divisional foe started when he was 10 years previous.
“The Rams and Raiders each left LA,” Turner mentioned forward of Sunday’s Crimson Sox recreation. “On the time, this film got here out that was fairly well-liked known as ‘Ace Ventura.’ So, a fan of Snowflake, a fan of the Dolphins, enormous fan of Dan Marino. I obtained to satisfy him a pair occasions.
“I obtained to say, Invoice Belichick was a part of the recruiting course of to return up right here to Boston. I simply didn’t have it in me to inform him I used to be a Dolphins fan. So, if he’s watching proper now, I’m sorry. I’m sorry, coach.”
Although former Dodgers and Crimson Sox teammate Kiké Hernández did lots of the recruiting work to carry Turner to Boston over the offseason, Belichick appeared to assist the method, too.
Crimson Sox supervisor Alex Cora had the longtime New England head coach textual content Turner when he was nonetheless a free agent. Though it isn’t identified what that textual content consisted of, it may be assumed that it had an influence on the 38-year-old’s choice to sign up Boston.
Cora and Belichick have had one another’s cellphone numbers for the reason that 2021 ALCS. The Patriots’ coach was additionally seen carrying a Crimson Sox hat in a Fenway Park sales space alongside then-president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski in August 2018. Belichick brazenly praised the way in which Boston across the identical time he attended a recreation.
Fortunately for Turner, his Dolphins have had New England’s quantity as of late. Since 2020, Miami has been victorious in opposition to the Patriots 4 occasions in six video games. The Dolphins swept the Patriots in 2021 for the primary time since 2000 and eradicated New England from playoff competition in 2020 throughout their Week 15 matchup.
Although the Patriots host Miami on Sunday, Sept. 17, Turner gained’t get an opportunity to see his group because the Crimson Sox go to the Blue Jays in Toronto that very same day. New England visits the Dolphins on Sunday, Oct. 29, which lands on a World Sequence off day. Time will inform if the Miami fan will get an opportunity to see the 2 sq. off this season.
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