Posts Tagged ‘Hall of Fame’

What an unbelievably sad day.  I normally sign on to Twitter as an escape.  As a place to be slightly more sarcastic or obnoxious than society allows me to be in real life.  To hang out with my Cub friends…

D Lee Denies LA

Posted: July 29, 2010 in Dailies
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Lee opted to stay with the Cubs instead of waive his no-trade clause to be sent to the Angels. As far as I’m concerned, he’s one of the best Cubs first basemen of all-time.  If he wants to stay and…

Andre Dawson will finally be enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame.  On Sunday afternoon, he will take his rightful place among the legends of the game.  The lawn in Cooperstown, I’m sure, will be absolutely packed with Cubs (and…

When Hall of Fame induction weekend in July rolls around and I find myself standing in the middle of thousands of Cubs fans (and perhaps a few Nationals fans sprinkled throughout) in Cooperstown, NY to listen to Andre Dawson give…

“And at the end of seven, it’s Dawson 5,
Phillies 3.” As for today, at the end of nine years, it’s
Dawson 1, Everyone else 0. The quote listed above is from
Harry Caray in calling Andre Dawson’s classic
three…

DAWSON IS IN!

Posted: January 6, 2010 in Dailies
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Need to get back to this tonight when I have more time to write, but I had to jump on quick and celebrate with a tiny post at least….2010!  Hall of Famer Andre Dawson!!!!  The Hawk is in!!!  So cool…way…

One of the major upsides I’ve heard so far
to the Cubs signing Marlon Byrd as their new center fielder
is that he’s a guy who comes with great character. Quality as
a person through and through, the kind
of…

Monday is the day we find out whether Andre Dawson joins fellow Cub great Ryne Sandberg in the Baseball Hall of Fame.  While I believe this IS the year of the Hawk, many consider him to be on the fence…