Dawson vs. Show

This is the second part of  "He's A Hero". The majority being about Dawson getting hit in the face by Eric Show. Dawson owned Show. He had homered in 3 of his last 5 plate appearances at that point against him. The pitch looks to be intentional (although later denied by Show and manager Larry Bowa). Sutcliffe thought so too and was the first one out of the dugout to defend The Hawk.

I was eight yrs. old watching this game on WGN. I remember going absolutley nuts. Seeing Dawson take a 90 mph pitch to the face and still fight through both teams to get to Show made me idolize #8 even more.





It also inspired this cover: