Montreal Expos outfielder Andre Dawson has suggested...

Montreal Expos outfielder Andre Dawson has suggested teammate Tim Raines should be more reasonable in his contract negotiations with the National League baseball team.

Raines, like Dawson a free agent engaged in talks with the Expos, is reported to have refused a $4.8-million, three-year deal.

Dawson, in a story in the Toronto Globe and Mail, said Raines told him that “he definitely will not return to Montreal. I believe Tim . . . he was very serious.” Dawson said he felt the Expos made Raines an offer “that he probably should accept.