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Seeing the Chicago Cubs trade the heart of our team, Anthony Rizzo, away last month, I was reminded of another time I felt this angry and betrayed: when the Cubs let Andre Dawson go to the Red Sox as a free agent in 1993.
It was a comparable loss, as Dawson was the heart of the Cubs for six years. During that time the outfielder was an All-Star in five of six years and the National League MVP in 1987. Even his last year with the Cubs, in 1992, the only season he wasn’t an All-Star, Dawson batted .