July 25
Toronto Star
columnist Richard Griffin
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On Sunday, outfielder Andre Dawson will become the second player to enter the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown wearing the colours of the Montreal Expos, joining Gary "The Kid" Carter. Both men, teammates, dominated the NL at their positions in the late '70s early '80s. With the Expos franchise transferred to Washington, unless Tim Raines is ever voted in, "The Hawk" could very well be the last. There could not be a more deserving representative for the Hall and for Montreal than Dawson. I worked with the man as a rookie and then for the first 11 years of his career and it should say all that needs to be said that I gave my youngest son the middle name, Andre, after Dawson. I was hoping that"