f.u.b.b.w.a.a.

i had told myself that i wouldn't write about sports in my blog, mainly because i felt like the people that would read it don't give a shit about sports. however, something happened today that has happened repeatedly over the last six years that i really find to be a slap in the face to a great athlete.

andre dawson was once again snubbed by the bbwaa, and failed to receive enough votes to be enshrined in the baseball hall of fame.

this is a travesty, especially when you consider the steroid shit-storm that is currently engulfing major league baseball.

dawson played twenty-one seasons in the majors. he was named rookie of the year in 1977. he was an eight-time all star, an eight-time gold glover, and a four-time silver slugger. he even won the nl mvp award.

hall-of-famer ryne sandberg,dawson's teammate on the cubs for years, put it best during his hof induction speech:

"he's the best i've ever seen. i watched him win an mvp for a last-place team in 1987, and it was the most unbelievable thing i've ever seen in baseball. he did it the right way, the natural way, and he did it in the field and on the bases and in every way, and i hope he will stand up here someday."

most importantly, andre dawson was my baseball hero growing up. everyday during the summer my cubbies would come on wgn and i would watch – more often than not they'd lose. but i loved them. i can't help but think that dawson's hard play, and selfless attitude had something to do with it.

or maybe it was the episode of saved by the bell where they hold a twenty-four-hour radiothon to save the maxx, and slater calls in to donate his savings, even though the gang had forced him off the school radio station because he was a terrible sportscaster. so when slater calls, who is on the poster behind him on his bedroom wall? andre "the hawk" dawson. don't ask how i remember that.

anyway. next year could, and should, be dawson's year. only if the baseball writers association of america gets their heads out of their asses. at least they didn't vote-in that cheating fuckface mark mcgwire.