Let’s face it, every day should be Andre Dawson day.  It’s not a perfect world, though, so we’ll settle for just one day.

And yet, we can work together to bring us closer to a perfect world.  Read on.

The debate regarding the MLB Hall of Fame (not to be confused with the Mustache Hall of Fame, because Dawson is already rocking those halls) usually goes back-and-forth and mentions MVPs, career OBP, Gold Gloves, WAR, the 400-300 club, etc, etc, etc… but today, the Andre Dawson HOF debate is about to end because of one simple word: stripes.

Stripes.

Look at the way his vertical pants stripes and vertical jersey stripes align in this orgasmic display of uniformity and power.  Honestly, the HOF needs those stripes more than Dawson needs the HOF – but today (Andre Dawson day) let’s just agree the two were meant for each other.

At the very least, on Andre Dawson Day, Andre Dawson deserves our tweets:

We’re calling on all Cubs (ed. and Expos, and Baseball) fans to post comments that include the special hashtag #Dawson4TheHall to Twitter starting on Tuesday December 8th at 1:20 PM Central Time. Tweets must include the #Dawson4TheHall hashtag in order to be counted, and we also recommend that the #cubs and #mlb tags are included. – Cubscast (my favourite Cubs podcast)

Do it for the stripes, and the HOF that needs them.

Kevin Lager – a Cubs fan, Expos fan, Andre Dawson fan, and colourful jersey fan – can also be tweeted at @xolager, but not today.  Today is Andre Dawson day.  Tweet the hashtag #Dawson4TheHall at 1:20PM Central Time, at 1:21PM Central Time, at 1:22 PM Central Time… you get the idea.