The trio met in Clayton for a late dinner Thursday night, two former teammates and a boss they were about to share.
Outfielder Dexter Fowler and Cardinals baseball operations executive Randy Flores knew each other well, from their time together with Colorado. But beyond an awkward attempted conversation this week during a dentist appointment and, of course, the blockbuster-dollar agreement that brought him to St. Louis, Fowler and general manager John Mozeliak had not talked much. They had never met face to face until Thursday night.
A meal became conversation ... an hour became two ... and they left .