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A couple of Tino's went his way, and this is what came back to me.

Andre looking fierce. A sweet pair of Vlad's including one signed! And Jose Vidro and Ted Lilly. Great stuff!

Custom card. Expos Best - Andre Dawson.

I told myself I wasn't going to do any sideways cards, but then I found this great image of Andre.

A few of les Expos and some 'Cool Heat'.

 Ross Grimsley celebrated his 20 win season for the Expos by having a bath. Unfortunately 'Scuzz' washed off the magic, and never regained his form.

 Andre Nolan Dawson. Andre only hit .244 off of Nolan Ryan, with 25 K's in 89 PA.

 2 players the Expos should have hung onto. Ken Singleton and Cliff Floyd.

 A little (almost) recycled photo action from Larry Walker. Definitely the same play.

Floyd Youmans and Bill Lee. Floyd iffa coulda shoulda woulda been a mega-star. Unfortunately it didn't pan out. I remember in his big break out season, the Expos broadcasters in Canada, TSN, ran a nickname contest for Floyd. Ken Singleton was the colour man (and an extremely good one), and he got to do the interview with Floyd where Floyd chose his new nickname. He chose 'Cool Heat'. Which is a good name for something you rub on a sore muscle, but not really a great nickname for a pitcher. It never caught on. My entry was 'K-Yo'. I was very disappointed it didn't get picked.

Guest star cards. Barry Bonds and Andre Dawson.

 Barry Bonds pays Jose Vizcaino a visit.

And Andre Dawson makes a guest appearance on Greg Gagne's card.

If a collector is really hard core, I feel they should have cards like these as well as the regular player issues.

Old faces in strange places. Dave Winfield, Ted Williams, Andre Dawson.

Dave Winfield had possibly the best looking checklist card I've ever seen. In the 2nd photo he pretty much defines the "grizzled veteran".

I found it strange that Ted Williams had ever wanted to manage, let alone ending up with Washington.

And Andre just looked out of place in Boston and Florida. Even on those old knees, he certainly didn't embarrass himself though.

Great D! Andre Dawson, Andy Van Slyke, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr

 

Swing sequences. George Brett and Andre Dawson.

I have these 4 binders from back in the day that hold my favorite players. I always tried to put one of these together for each hitter, just because I'm a geek like that.