Ironman92
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Jul 24, 2010 2:48pm
Good read. His going bazerk after being hit in the face was one of my all-time favorite baseball moments.....as was his getting called out on a bad pitch and then wiling dozens of bats onto the field in a fiery rage.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hof10/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=5401371
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hof10/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=5401371
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Al Bundy
Posts: 4,180
Jul 24, 2010 3:29pm
Those Expos teams developed some great players. Too bad they could never afford to keep their players.
Ironman92
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Jul 24, 2010 9:54pm
Expos had him for about 11 years.....he wore his knees out on the turf.......over 10 knee surgeries!
justincredible
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Jul 24, 2010 10:20pm
Dawson should have been elected long ago.
Ironman92
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Jul 24, 2010 10:21pm
4 gold gloves in CF.......4 gold gloves in RF
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Al Bundy
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Jul 24, 2010 10:25pm
Ironman92;431719 wrote:Expos had him for about 11 years.....he wore his knees out on the turf.......over 10 knee surgeries!
It is too bad he had the knee problems. His MVP season after he went to Cubs was amazing, but I will always think of him as an Expo first. It is just too bad the economics of baseball forced the Expos to lose Dawson, Gary Carter, Tim Raines, and many other players.
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Jul 24, 2010 11:03pm
The Hawk is one of my all time favorite players
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Jul 24, 2010 11:04pm
Al Bundy;431751 wrote:It is too bad he had the knee problems. His MVP season after he went to Cubs was amazing, but I will always think of him as an Expo first. It is just too bad the economics of baseball forced the Expos to lose Dawson, Gary Carter, Tim Raines, and many other players.
His MVP season was absurd and the Expos definitely had some major talent get away from them. Unfotunately I was too young for it.
NNN
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Jul 25, 2010 2:29am
How the hell he got an MVP for that was indeed ridiculous.
Ironman92
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Jul 31, 2010 5:54pm
http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1987.shtml#NLmvp
Maybe it was the 49 HR and 137 RBI when no one was close to that
Maybe it was the 49 HR and 137 RBI when no one was close to that
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Al Bundy
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Jul 31, 2010 6:25pm
Ironman92;437915 wrote:http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1987.shtml#NLmvp
Maybe it was the 49 HR and 137 RBI when no one was close to that
Thanks for sharing those lists. It's fun to see some of the names from the 80's Dawson was certainly deserving, and it may have helped to have two Cardinals splitting votes. How did Doc Edwards get a vote for manager of the year after going 30-45?
Ironman92
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Jul 31, 2010 9:23pm
His name was "Doc".....that's worth a vote
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Al Bundy
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Aug 1, 2010 3:16pm
Ironman92;438037 wrote:His name was "Doc".....that's worth a vote
If they had to have a "Doc", I'd have taken Doc Gooden. Unfortunately, the tribe got him about a decade too late.