HOF Andre Dawson- A CLASS Act!

[ezmoney]

Newly inducted HOF'er Dawson represents the true baseball player, he left Montreal in 1987 to sign a "blank" contract with the CUBS for 500K. He was making 1.2 M with the Expo's, but they offered him 1M to renew.
Not only was he NL MVP in 1987, but he endured 12 knee operations to continue playing.
He said, " I"m living proof that if you love this game, the game will love you back.
Andre, you deserve to be in the HOF, wish today's younger players would heed your advice!

EZ

[Nicky Santoro]

i loved andre dawson.. i grew up as a teenager watching him each day of my life play for the expos.. my 2nd all time fav expo behind raines/carter.. who are tied for 1st..

great memories watching hawk play at the Big O... he was great to watch. i am so happy for him.. it brought a tear to my eye seeing my hero who i admired watching each day, enter the hall.

[BEANTOWNJIM]

THIS GUY WAS A STIFF NO WAY DID HE HAVE HALL OF FAME NUMBERS HE DIDNT EVEN HIT 400 HOMERUNS ITS A JOKE THEY ARE JUST MAKING A STATEMENT AGAINST THE STEROID GUYS.

ANDRE DAWSON DOES NOT HAVE HALL OF FAME NUMBERS ITS A F-CKING JOKE

[ezmoney]

Beantown,

THIS GUY WAS A STIFF NO WAY DID HE HAVE HALL OF FAME NUMBERS HE DIDNT EVEN HIT 400 HOMERUNS ITS A JOKE THEY ARE JUST MAKING A STATEMENT AGAINST THE STEROID GUYS.

ANDRE DAWSON DOES NOT HAVE HALL OF FAME NUMBERS ITS A F-CKING JOKE

Dawson had 438 homers, 2,774 hits, 1591 RBI's, and 314 stolen bases. with no steroids in 21 year career.

EZ

[BEANTOWNJIM]

THOSE NUMBERS ARENT EVEN GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE LITTLE LEAGUE HALL OF FAME HIS NUMBERS WERE INFLATED AT WRIGLEY FIELD HE CAME TO THE RED SOX AND DID SHIT

ANDRE DAWSON IS NOT A HALL OF FAMER PERIOD

[Kellen]

When he came to the Red Sox, he had been in the league for 18 seasons and underwent god knows how many knee surgeries. What did you expect him to do then?

I guess maybe had he did a bunch of HGH like all of today's players, his knees would have held up and he would have hit 61 homers in Boston and still be playing today.

[HoldEmHook!!]

THOSE NUMBERS ARENT EVEN GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE LITTLE LEAGUE HALL OF FAME HIS NUMBERS WERE INFLATED AT WRIGLEY FIELD HE CAME TO THE RED SOX AND DID SHIT

ANDRE DAWSON IS NOT A HALL OF FAMER PERIOD

Only three people in history hit more than 400 homers and stole over 300 bases. he was one of them. you are way off base here. Dawson HOF for sure.

[Chi_archie]

If Dawson's knees had not been ruined by montreal's poor excuse of a stadium and turf.... he may have hit 600 homers and stole 600 bases

[ezmoney]

Arch, I agree...

If Dawson's knees had not been ruined by montreal's poor excuse of a stadium and turf.... he may have hit 600 homers and stole 600 bases

who else would take a 50% pay cut and still truly enjoy playing the game of baseball.

Welcome to Cooperstown!

EZ

[SBR_John]

He was the meanest looking dude I've ever seen.

Not sure he is deserving of the Hall. But without the 12 knee surgeries he would of probably been a top 5 player of all time. He could steal and cover the whole field and hit every way possible so yea, let him in.

[Nicky Santoro]

here in montreal, all of us are shocked how dawson made it in before Timmy Raines.. we all expected timmy rock raines to be there way before. he was more of a dominant player.. timmy and hendu are the 2 greatest leadoff and SB players of allllllllllllllllllll time..

[Chi_archie]

i'll never forget when he chased the late Eric Show all around wrigley after he got hit in the face with a pitch.

Dawson was a true 5 tool player, and one of the best of his era...he certainly deserves the HOF induction

[Chi_archie]

think of all the talent that came through montreal.....its unreal...

Carter
raines
dawson
wallach
pedro
randy johnson
andres galaragga
larry walker
delino deshields
marquis grissom
moises alou
ken hill
vlad
grady sizemore
wil cordero
javier vasquez


i'm sure i'm missing dozens

[Nicky Santoro]

think of all the talent that came through montreal.....its unreal...

Carter
raines
dawson
wallach
pedro
randy johnson
andres galaragga
larry walker
delino deshields
marquis grissom
moises alou
ken hill
vlad
grady sizemore
wil cordero
javier vasquez


i'm sure i'm missing dozens

come on archie, no way you got that all off the top of your head.. you had to have looked that up.. come on man.. if not, then i crown you MR baseball of SBR.. that was impressive man.. you're even better than me at expos players.. or close to it at least

did you know that the spos were picked to be team of the 80's.. and it never really happened. and then we were said to be team of the 90's by SI... we had talent.. even our farm team were superstars.. and once again, nothing happened.. and then the big fire sale after the strike, when we had by far the best record in baseball and breaking all sorts of records. they then decide to call it a year. and the following yr, we shipped otu everyone..who knows if that strike didn't happen, today we might be 10x what the rays are, with 6 world series since..

[Chi_archie]

I did get it off the top of my head...those are all players from when I was a kid/teenager... and I was a huge baseball card collector...when it comes to those cards Nicky, I have like a photographic memory...

[Nicky Santoro]

mr baseball,

just look at your list.. the first 3 are all HOF.. then 2 of the next 3 on your list are RANDY and PEDRO.. so 5 of your first 6 are superstar hall of famers.. i am still not incl VLADY or walker..


we've been in the league just as long as our rivals the Pakistan Blue Jays..

archie, how many can you name from toronto that will be in the HOF???

i would like to ask you mr baseball, cause this is your expertise.. can't be more than 2. if that many..


i am proud of my expos.. i miss them so much.

[Chi_archie]

well there were great blue jays when I was coming up....alot of power thats for sure but none had long enough careers for hof... of course first and foremost is Roy Halladay

barfield
bell
moseby
tony fernandez


oh fred mcgriff I think started with the blue jays, maybe he was a rookie somewhere else but he is a hof-er also Roberto alomar fits into that category...i'm just not exactly sure he started with the blue jays.... I think he started with the Pads...

John Olerud
Carlos Delgado
david wells
tom Heinke
pat hentgen


yeah there definately aren't as many great blue jays coming to mind

[Nicky Santoro]

mr baseball, you are losing it.. none of those guys are HOF's.. except roy halladay.. and that is assuming he continues at this ravid pace..

final score.

Montreal 7

Pakistan 1...

[blanda]

I love Andre...miss those Expos unis...

[Chi_archie]

mr baseball, you are losing it.. none of those guys are HOF's.. except roy halladay.. and that is assuming he continues at this ravid pace..

final score.

Montreal 7

Pakistan 1...

I think Mcgriff has an outside shot.... I checked and he did start with the blue jays

[robmpink]

no doubt about that!