01-07-2010, 12:32 PM
1. Dawson takes a pitch in the face from Eric Show of the Padres. After regaining consciousness, has to be restrained by every player on the field, the umps, 5 ushers, 2 hot dog vendors, Ronnie Woo Woo, and Cindy Sandberg. Eric Show is last seen running to the dugout.
2. Dawson takes a called third strike and is peeved by the call. He throws a fit, and then he throws 12 bats on the field....at once....like they were tooth picks. Making sure the umpire gets the point, he throws another dozen for good measure.
3. last home game of 1987, last at bat. I had just walked in the door from spending the day at the beach. The crowd is bowing to him, chants of MVP are heard everywhere. Dawson blasts the ball onto the street. I almost cry.
4. Dawson throws runner out....at first. The first time I ever saw that, and possibly the last.
5. 1988, I'm at a game with a friend. We're there early, so we're sitting in the front row hoping to watch BP. Nobody is n the field at first, but then Dawson runs from the dugout with a teammate to play catch. I yell his name as loud as I can. He stops and looks. I give him the "Black Power" fist and he gives it right back. People nearby ask me if I know him. I tell them I do. One of the coolest moments of my young life.
There are other moments like the 3 home run games and the series against the pirates when he hit two grand slams (both losses of course), the blank check he signed to play with the Cubs, but those 5 stick out the most for me.
2. Dawson takes a called third strike and is peeved by the call. He throws a fit, and then he throws 12 bats on the field....at once....like they were tooth picks. Making sure the umpire gets the point, he throws another dozen for good measure.
3. last home game of 1987, last at bat. I had just walked in the door from spending the day at the beach. The crowd is bowing to him, chants of MVP are heard everywhere. Dawson blasts the ball onto the street. I almost cry.
4. Dawson throws runner out....at first. The first time I ever saw that, and possibly the last.
5. 1988, I'm at a game with a friend. We're there early, so we're sitting in the front row hoping to watch BP. Nobody is n the field at first, but then Dawson runs from the dugout with a teammate to play catch. I yell his name as loud as I can. He stops and looks. I give him the "Black Power" fist and he gives it right back. People nearby ask me if I know him. I tell them I do. One of the coolest moments of my young life.
There are other moments like the 3 home run games and the series against the pirates when he hit two grand slams (both losses of course), the blank check he signed to play with the Cubs, but those 5 stick out the most for me.
Wang.