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Jaw Breaker
PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2018 10:02 am 
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Sounds as though he actually likes it though...

Dawson, who for 21 years was one of the most dynamic players in baseball, winning one MVP in Chicago and finishing runner-up twice in Montreal, has gone from the ranks of the enshrined in Cooperstown to the ranks of the embalmers in a land where many go to die.

Dawson and his wife of 40 years, Vanessa, own and operate the Paradise Memorial Funeral Home in Richmond Heights, Fla.

“I always thought that Andre was a renaissance man,’’ Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson said, “but this is taking it to a different level.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/m ... 590358002/

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I saw this and read it this morning. I was surprised because I thought earlier in the year the Cubs hired him for something.

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Jaw Breaker
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Maybe Sosa can hit him up for embalming supplies for his Michael Jackson treatments.

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jimmypasta
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Can you imagine a ballgame in his new venue?

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Caller Bob
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Since he has been maintaining a beautiful graveyard for decades, I could see Roger Bossard going into this line of work as well.
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Don Tiny
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Mully mentioned this this morning ... I guess he really does go around and mop the floors, clean the restrooms, pick up the bodies, all that good stuff. Kinda inneresting really.

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Ryne Sandberg's parents operated a funeral home. Good money maker. Probably a good investment.

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He should hire Richie Hebner.

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He was dying to get in that business.
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Frank Coztansa
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I guess Jeter firing him was the final nail in the coffin.

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Jaw Breaker wrote:
Sounds as though he actually likes it though...

Dawson, who for 21 years was one of the most dynamic players in baseball, winning one MVP in Chicago and finishing runner-up twice in Montreal, has gone from the ranks of the enshrined in Cooperstown to the ranks of the embalmers in a land where many go to die.

Dawson and his wife of 40 years, Vanessa, own and operate the Paradise Memorial Funeral Home in Richmond Heights, Fla.

“I always thought that Andre was a renaissance man,’’ Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson said, “but this is taking it to a different level.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/m ... 590358002/


In this article it casually mentions that Hawk is rolling around in a Bentley, so I think he's OK with the bucks.
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