Dawson In As An Expo!!!!!!!

[legaleagle92481]

Re: Dawson In As An Expo!!!!!!!

IN A 100 YEARS,NOT BY MUCH! CUBS ARE PERENIAL LOSERS BUT I DO LOVE THEM BLACKHAWKS,WHAT A TEAM,THEY MIGHT BRING CHICAGO THEIR ONLY CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE!!

The Sox won in 1917 as well so that is two in 100 years. Which for a big City is just sad even my pathetic Mets and Knicks have two titles in the last 50 years.

[sox83cubs84]

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I do believe the Blackhawks will be the next Chicago team to win it all. Guess we agree on SOME things.

Dave M.
Chicago area

[dirtyla2000]

Re: Dawson In As An Expo!!!!!!!

BTW...2 teams, one championship beats 1 departed team and no championships.

Dave M.
Chicago area

IN A 100 YEARS,NOT BY MUCH! CUBS ARE PERENIAL LOSERS BUT I DO LOVE THEM BLACKHAWKS,WHAT A TEAM,THEY MIGHT BRING CHICAGO THEIR ONLY CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE!!

[sox83cubs84]

Re: Dawson In As An Expo!!!!!!!

Two teams, one championship! Monreal will have 3 hall of famers when all is said and done! LETS GO TIMMY RAINES,THE SECOND GREATEST LEADOFF MAN IN HISTORY!!!!!

BTW...2 teams, one championship beats 1 departed team and no championships.

Dave M.
Chicago area

[sox83cubs84]

Re: Dawson In As An Expo!!!!!!!

Two teams, one championship! Monreal will have 3 hall of famers when all is said and done! LETS GO TIMMY RAINES,THE SECOND GREATEST LEADOFF MAN IN HISTORY!!!!!

I won't argue with you on Raines...he's a favorite of mine, too.

Dave M.
Chicago area

[legaleagle92481]

Re: Dawson In As An Expo!!!!!!!

Two teams, one championship! Monreal will have 3 hall of famers when all is said and done! LETS GO TIMMY RAINES,THE SECOND GREATEST LEADOFF MAN IN HISTORY!!!!!

Possibly four if Guerrero goes in as one under the Dawson standard. I.E. win your only MVP in one uniform go in to the Hall in another.

[dirtyla2000]

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This "sour sports town" has 2 MLB teams...what does Montreal have left, baseball-wise? And, if Les Expos are such a big whoop-dee-doo, why have you turned on them now that they are in Washington? Sounds like the sour grapes are coming from someone other than me!

Dave M.
Chicago area

Two teams, one championship! Monreal will have 3 hall of famers when all is said and done! LETS GO TIMMY RAINES,THE SECOND GREATEST LEADOFF MAN IN HISTORY!!!!!

[Sincityson]

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It is like Carter when he was forced to go in as a Expo when he will be remebered most for his Mets years by most fans and he won his championship there. The Hall defies logic sometimes.

Carter as an Expo was a more obvious choice than Dawson as an Expo. Carter spent 11 seasons as an Expo, 5 with the Mets. Had good numbers with both, more All star appearances with the Expos, etc. Going in as a Met, would certainly been more financially beneficial for him.

[legaleagle92481]

Re: Dawson In As An Expo!!!!!!!

When a guy is elected into the hall, do you really think it matters?

His career is reflective of his career. The whole career. It encompasses his playing time with every team. So everyone who ever liked the player should be happy no matter what "cap" he wears going in. Personally, I like the Expos pick. The cubs kinda always sucked since the goat thingie.

What is your favorite team? I am a Mets fan and when I go to Cooperstown I see the grand total of one plaque bearing my favorite team's cap. It is depressing because the Mets have not had the best players in their 48 year history and one of the few we have had is wearing some other team's cap. So I can see Cubs fans being Poed by the decision. After all who is their next hall of famer? One does not appear to be on the horizon and other than Sandberg their hall of famers played 30 plus years ago.

[Buster]

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When a guy is elected into the hall, do you really think it matters?

His career is reflective of his career. The whole career. It encompasses his playing time with every team. So everyone who ever liked the player should be happy no matter what "cap" he wears going in. Personally, I like the Expos pick. The cubs kinda always sucked since the goat thingie.

[legaleagle92481]

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I think it is a shame. Dawson even though he played only a few years there will always be a Cub in my mind and he won his MVP there so he should be allowed to go in there. This is not Boggs wanting to go in as a Ray for money. It is like Carter when he was forced to go in as a Expo when he will be remebered most for his Mets years by most fans and he won his championship there. The Hall defies logic sometimes.

[jobathenut]

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This goes great with a thread i started awhile ago.Asking if the hall or the player decided what team.And who has the power,can the hall say no you are going in as this team.Even if the player does not want to.And i just read on fox sports that he wanted to go in as a cub and the hall said no you have to go in as a expo.So i guess that ansewers my question.

[Buster]

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I hope MLB expands again soon, and they bring back the Expos! I always loved their uniforms! by the way, I'm new here, and have enjoyed reading the posts so I decided to finally post.

[sox83cubs84]

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This "sour sports town" has 2 MLB teams...what does Montreal have left, baseball-wise? And, if Les Expos are such a big whoop-dee-doo, why have you turned on them now that they are in Washington? Sounds like the sour grapes are coming from someone other than me!

Dave M.
Chicago area

[dirtyla2000]

Re: Dawson In As An Expo!!!!!!!

[quote=sox83cubs84;183668]Why go in as an Expo (other than the Hall of Fame throwing their weight around)? The team had crowds at the end that would embarass a high school basketball game, the team was rarely competitive, and, when the Expos first retired #10, they publicized Rusty Staub...Dawson wasn't even given a mention. I don't blame Dawson for making his true feelings known...this wasn't Wade Boggs being offered megabucks by Tampa Bay to go in as a Devil Ray; this was a guy who won an MVP in Chicago the season after he left Montreal, is still a fan favorite among Cubs Nation, and has personally taken a love of the Cubs and their fans that isn't matched with the Expos or any other team they played with. I think it SUCKS!!
The man became a superstar in Montreal,sour grapes from a sour sports town!