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It’s that time of week again, gang. The time of week when we crown a champion. Someone worthy to carry the weight that comes with the bearer of the title of “Comment of the Week.”





In keeping with the theme of the week, this week’s winner commented about none other than Hall of Famer, Andre Dawson. Blueslacker has been bringing the heat with his/her comments, but I particularly enjoyed this one in defense of the “excuse” about Dawson’s knees:

I’m pretty sure it was Roger Mason whom Dawson threw out at first on what should have been a single, on that day when the Hawk also went 5-5 and, apparently, some dude from the internet sat with a hot blonde. Great day indeed. Re: “He wouldn’t have been the next Willie Mays with or without bum knees,” that’s probably true (although I don’t think people who never saw him play appreciate just what a phenom Hawk was, even late in his career) but let me just add another semi-relevant thought experiment–Imagine how much love he’d have gotten if he’d played for the Mets and the Yankees instead of the Expos and the mid 80s Cubs. He was no Willie Mays (who was?) but bad knees or not he was a Duke Snider and a half. Plus, I’ve heard enough Yankees fans kvetch about how Mantle would have hit 900 homers if not for *his* knees so, you know, what’s good forthe ( drunken speed freak) goose is good for the Hawk. One last note, I always loved the fact that Dawson took like a 50% pay cut because he wanted to play in Wrigley.

Well said, my friend. Congratulations, blueslacker!