What does Claude Raymond think about…
The current World Series: “I’m pretty sure Houston will win.”
On the Expos’ first manager, Gene Mauch: “He was the one who ended my career. We must not deceive ourselves”. Mauch, when Raymond was on the opposing team, would ask his pitchers to “kill” him. Raymond explains why.
His finest moment in the majors: “In 1959 with the Chicago White Sox, at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, when they announced, ‘Number 28, Claude Raymond.’ Hey! I made it to the majors! It’s impossible that the little guy from boulevard Gouin, in St-Jean, is in the majors. »
His first game in Montreal in the opposing uniform: “I have never had a standing ovation in my life before that day at Jarry Park. There, I said to myself: I have to go and play in Montreal”.
The love of the Quebec public: “The respect and the love that I have received all along. It’s incredible. »
The departure of the Expos: It’s a disaster for the city of Montreal.”
