How a White Sox hat led Andre Dawson to the Cubs

How a White Sox hat helped bring Andre Dawson to the CubsAndre Dawson knows what it's like to be on both sides of Chicago's Crosstown rivalry.

Well, not really.

But he at least knows what it's like to wear a White Sox hat, even if he never played on the South Side.

Dawson tried on a White Sox hat one time in the middle of the 1986 season, just months away from his first foray into free agency. He was being connected to the Sox in trade rumors and was convinced once by a grounds crew member to put on a White Sox hat.

That one moment of fate helped lead Dawson to Chicago's North Side, where he won the National League MVP Award the next summer.

Let him explain:

“Year 10 when I was a free agent, I…