Andre Dawson Asks HOF to Change Plaque to Cubs Hat

AP Photo/file/John SwartAndre Dawson didn’t have a choice as to what cap he would be wearing in his Hall of Fame plaque. Though the 2010 inductee played a majority of his career with the Montreal Expos, he said at the time that his preference was to go in as a Cub. The Hall had other ideas, however, and immortalized him with an Expos cap against his wishes. Not that they had consulted him about it, of course.

Now, after more than a decade of internal struggle, the Hawk is hoping Cooperstown is willing to honor a unique request to change his plaque.

“I just felt my preference all along was as a Cub, despite playing (11) years in Montreal,” Dawson told the Tribune’s Paul Sullivan. “I had my…