Justin Turner grew up loving the Dodgers, dreaming of one day playing for his favorite team. In 2014, JT got the opportunity to live out his boyhood dream, signing as a free agent with Los Angeles after the Mets non-tendered him.
Most of us never get to live out our dreams, and when we do, it’s rare that they turn out even better than we could have imagined. But for Turner, as Bill Plunkett reports in the Orange County Register, winning the 2022 Roberto Clemente Award is just the latest in a long list of ways his life has changed since he became a Dodger.