There is, apparently, a dispute in Trea Turner’s family about who the speed he inherited comes from.
There is a Twitter account tied to his mom with a bio which declares in no uncertain terms, “He gets his speed from me.”
But not everyone agrees.
“My mom’s side of the family claims it,” Turner, who turned 29 on Wednesday, and hit for the cycle for third time in his career, told reporters after a15-6 win over Tampa Bay’s Rays in the nation’s capital.
“My dad claims he was fast. Everybody likes to claim it. My grandpa called himself my speed coach, so I don’t know, I guess I got to give a little bit of credit to everybody.