Andre Dawson
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"Andre Nolan Dawson", nicknamed ""The Hawk"" and ""Awesome Dawson"", is a former American professional baseball/professional baseball player. During a 21-year baseball career, he played for four different teams as a center fielder/center and right fielder, spending most of his career with the Montreal Expos (1976–1986) and Chicago Cubs (1987–1992).

An 8-time National League (NL) Major League Baseball All-Star Game/All-Star, he was named the league's MLB Rookie of the Year Award/Rookie of the Year in after batting average/batting .282 with 19 home runs and 65 run batted in/runs batted in (RBI), and won the MLB Most Valuable Player Award/Most Valuable Player Award in after leading the league with 49 homers and 137 RBI; he had been runner-up for the award in both 1981 and 1983. He batted .300 five times, drove in 100 runs four times and had 13 seasons of 20 home runs. A strong baserunner early in his career, he also stolen base/stole 30 bases three times. He is one of eight MLB players with at least 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases during his career.

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I've always thought of myself as an Expo. I probably had better seasons with the Cubs. The fan base and the bleacher bums at Wrigley Field were so enthusiastic compared to later years with the Expos.

They might not get in as early as they thought they would. I think that the numbers are tainted. You just don't hit 70 home runs and have guys hit it in back-to-back seasons. It opens your eyes that there's something wrong here.

One of the better guys I've ever played with... quiet, laid-back, but very communicative. Jack had his own style. There's a lot of improvement that needs to be done. I just think there is some direction needed there.

He was very low-key. He didn't say a whole lot, but he had that intensity about him. He wanted that ball in a save situation.

I don't really see the logic behind it. I just hope that a lot of these guys don't pull up with injuries. There's a difference between getting ready for a season and getting ready for a season that's going to last three weeks.

The inevitable did happen and they moved, but I think baseball will always live on here. You really hate to see the city lose its franchise because it's going to be very tough to get it again. But to see the banner hanging and know that the fans will always remember, not the names, necessarily, but the support that was here and how it was successful for a long time.

This year, there's a window for a few players. But you read articles where they say that this might be the year where no one will get in. It's just hard to say.

He's always been such a private individual. From what I'm hearing, I can't really comment on anything other than I hope he recovers fully from whatever his health issue is.