Outline · [ Standard ] · Linear+ Andre Dawson, Hall of Fame Plaque

[tj2373]

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If you ask me, the players should be honored to be voted in to the Hall of Fame and not care about what cap is displayed on their plaque. All of the teams a player has played with are listed on the plaque.

[nolan34ryan]

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If you ask me, the players should be honored to be voted in to the Hall of Fame and not care about what cap is displayed on their plaque.  All of the teams a player has played with are listed on the plaque.

I hear you on this one but I'm kinda torn when a player like Dawson is so close to having an equal stint at two spots, and I think his MVP season is better than his playoff wins and roy award. As a Rangers fan don't get me wrong I'm Glad Nolan went in as a Ranger but seriously the guy played 27 years in the bigs and it was his third briefest stay. And the only team he spent less time with the Mets he won a WS with in one of the most remarkable comebacks ever. Because he was a Texan I think they should have put him in as an astro. But if you go by impact he has to go in as an Angel...I mean super sick numbers in California. As a Texas Rangers Fan I'm very Thankful but feel undeserving that we got him. I think we got him because they knew felt bad for us never having been represented before or since in cooperstown.

[PSquared]

I think it's pretty cool to go in as a Expo. Dawson & Carter will be the only Expos in the hall ever, except maybe Vladimir Guerrero if he ever gets in sometime in the future.

[houkk]

I hear you on this one but I'm kinda torn when a player like Dawson is so close to having an equal stint at two spots, and I think his MVP season is better than his playoff wins and roy award.  As a Rangers fan don't get me wrong I'm Glad Nolan went in as a Ranger but seriously the guy played 27 years in the bigs and it was his third briefest stay.  And the only team he spent less time with the Mets he won a WS with in one of the most remarkable comebacks ever.  Because he was a Texan I think they should have put him in as an astro.  But if you go by impact he has to go in as an Angel...I mean super sick numbers in California.  As a Texas Rangers Fan I'm very Thankful but feel undeserving that we got him.  I think we got him because they knew felt bad for us never having been represented before or since in cooperstown.

Actually, it was because of a contractual agreement he made with the Rangers when he signed his last playing contract with them. The Rangers would pay him X amount of $ if he went into the Hall as a Ranger. It was a bonus. He would have had to pay the bonus back if he went in with another team. Nolan decided he became a HOFer as a Ranger, and that's what you see on his plaque in Cooperstown. It was, however, contractually agreed upon years before the event.