" We're back on inside the Marlins I'm frank fort after nineteen seasons Andre dawson's knees were about done. But he still had value was an occasional player and clubhouse leader. And his hometown team the Marlins still in the early years of the franchise's existence saw that value and brought the hawk back to south."

" The Marlins were starting your third season in 1995 when they brought the forty year old Dawson aboard might want to stick around the game. Just to. Over picture."

" What I've thought about it. You know it may just work. To just four hits and finish my career at home. She would effectively. Placed -- ahead. But there's so legs underneath and you would have been hit forty home runs stories that speed. The last few years you're still amazing and it is still a small ballpark this. Like tell them at that point -- had nothing left likewise split upper body is his amazing. Late in the 1996 season -- announced his retirement from the game. The greatest."

" Accomplishment. For me personally. This to know that I want admiration. And respect. My teammates in my field. Joey Dawson wanted to stay around. Around baseball the Marlins made the special assistant in the front office. Where he serves in that capacity along with former teammates -- reds. And Jeff Conine. "

" Great. Very. This thing in my studies say much about how we just -- a little while always -- what -- gave them. So we were thought you know you know trials it is it is you bring them vulnerable everybody. I'm I'm really is is fun you can -- we kind."

" He's a man of few words but when he says. They carry a lot of weight then great stature great presence and just a pleasure to be around and that he enjoys going to show -- league guys and how he -- but obviously. For the majority of the season and there helps out numbered with the way I --"

" When I return -- want to put the uniform cool. Wanted to give. More quality time to my family and the hours alone. So are what I do I really enjoyed being. For me it keeps me around the game ended up puts -- in a position where. I can go. People go. Sports mind. Comments to management on my opinions management about some things about -- see some areas that I. Review and investigate do a better job would."

" Off the field several years ago Dawson and his brother opened a restaurant called. The -- any ground. We've purchased to build a little over three years ago. With the idea we've always. Wanted to do -- my mom. And Sierra was to ship. Brothers father was -- And we had this idea okay available retired. And maybe the beginning of something put their hands -- do. Post retirement."

" have a catering business. I dropped her career take care of us it's always -- in the food service industry in various trespassing after -- around town. And so the opportunity came along to beat the -- is filled with with a the restaurant at the time. Just -- might -- a very good transitions and go from you know living out the good cooking part exactly the about a week after. Restaurant."

" Unfortunately. My mom her the way before way before opening doors and we -- on the idea of you know what do we do we open it up in. This is broken bridge. He's pitched -- supervisor."

" you know it's all right okay. Want to do."

" We have real brilliant player. Next -- occasionally we have to Louisiana style and we have Americans was we do have stakes laughter chicken -- I -- Sundays we try to do. He had the sold in. How portion of the opinion that because of the church brought them to give him. None -- not whether baseball ugly little bit easier. You know it is -- has been."

" Andre Dawson certainly has Hall of Fame credentials as a player and a person. With 438 home runs he's one of only three players in Major League history. To have more than 400 homers and more than 300 stolen bases the others are Barry Bonds and Willie Mays some pretty exclusive company. For all of us on inside the Marlins on -- for the seat next."