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    Paul Sullivan: Andre Dawson fighting the odds to get his Hall of Fame plaque’s cap changed. ‘My preference all along was as a Cub.’

    CHICAGO — Andre Dawson never has let the odds bother him. The former Chicago Cubs slugger overcame 12 knee surgeries during his 21-year, Hall of Fame career, and he famously offered the Cubs a blank contract as a free agent in spring training of 1987, telling the team to fill in the blanks with however much they felt comfortable paying him. When Cubs President Dallas Green persuade his Tribune ...
    by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune Nov 29, 2023 5 minutes
    Inductee Andre Dawson poses for a photograph with his plaque at Clark Sports Center during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on July 25, 2010, in Cooperstown, New York.

    CHICAGO — Andre Dawson never has let the odds bother him.

    The former Chicago Cubs slugger overcame 12 knee surgeries during his 21-year, Hall of Fame career, and he famously offered the Cubs a blank contract as a free agent in spring training of 1987, telling the team to fill in the blanks with however much they felt comfortable paying him.

    When Cubs President Dallas Green persuade his Tribune Co. bosses to give Dawson a guaranteed $500,000, with a potential $150,000 bonus, they got one of baseball’s best players at a bargain-basement price.

    “Andre and (agent Dick Moss) were willing to sacrifice salary and principle in 1987 to play in Wrigley Field for the Cubs,” Green said that day in a statement. “He was willing to bet

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