tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250683060520895629.post936285456367710746..comments2023-12-30T17:22:47.650-06:00Comments on Tales from Aisle 424 - A Cubs Blog: Most Debate About a Hat EverSixRowBrewCohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15384682912021974745noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250683060520895629.post-86235807159214092772010-01-07T22:04:02.835-06:002010-01-07T22:04:02.835-06:00ccd, Dawson laps the field of Cubs FA signings. I...ccd, Dawson laps the field of Cubs FA signings. I can't think of anyone even close. Ted Lilly has to be the distant silver medal winner.Aisle 424http://424tales.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250683060520895629.post-13737520877253904172010-01-07T17:19:04.417-06:002010-01-07T17:19:04.417-06:00I'll admit I want to see Andre in a Cubs hat. ...I'll admit I want to see Andre in a Cubs hat. While he was definitely more of a 5-tool player as an Expo, the Expos are now the Nationals. Cubs will be forever, 50 years from now when kids visit the HOF they'll know the Cubs, but Expos will probably get lost in history.Charleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09985079826894511952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250683060520895629.post-36937556577725998542010-01-07T16:51:01.314-06:002010-01-07T16:51:01.314-06:00Dawson has to be the best FA signing the Cubs ever...Dawson has to be the best FA signing the Cubs ever had. Thanks to collusion they got him cheap and he put up some nice seasons. <br /><br />I don't really think you can go wrong with either the Expos or Cubs. As much as I think the Expos hat would be more appropriate I could see them going with the Cubs cap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250683060520895629.post-44456426132674850862010-01-07T16:45:58.413-06:002010-01-07T16:45:58.413-06:00...his national prominence growing as a result of ......his national prominence growing as a result of being on WGN as a Cub...<br /><br /><br />I think that's a pretty big tiebreaker. I wouldn't be upset if he went in as an Expo, but he truly became "great" as a Cub.Alex Quigleyhttp://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/alex-quigley/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250683060520895629.post-88224543883498762312010-01-07T16:13:38.520-06:002010-01-07T16:13:38.520-06:00Oh dear god, this post cracks me up. But you do th...Oh dear god, this post cracks me up. But you do that usually, and especially when there's any bashing of Miles going on. <br /><br />Diplomatic answer: it's a shame they can't refer to both the Cubs and Expos on that plaque. However, I tend towards "Wrigley"'s argument. While Dawson may have played more years with the Expos, it was with the Cubs that he had the high stats and national exposure. <br /><br />And hey, it was our bleacher bums that bowed to him!DBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250683060520895629.post-7041901251866831182010-01-07T15:26:09.829-06:002010-01-07T15:26:09.829-06:00I say he goes in with a Cubs hat. If Dawson had pl...I say he goes in with a Cubs hat. If Dawson had played his whole career with the Expos, he wouldn't have even had to bother to stay home at the phone yesterday. Stats aren't the only measure of a player's greatness. There are those intangible qualities of leadership, clutch play, grittiness, determination and of course, not being a quitter. (See previous ongoing oral rants.) Dawson had those and demonstrated them most during his years in Chicago. On a related topic, who in the name of all that is good about baseball gives HOF votes to Ellis Burks, Eric Karros, Kevin Appier, Pat Hentgen, David Segui or, lord help us, Robin Ventura. Finally, that is not the best picture of Marla.Seat 106noreply@blogger.com