Can-Am Brockton Rox

Raymond Hired By Astros

Published on December 21, 2005 under Canadian American League (Can-Am)
Brockton Rox News Release


DURHAM, NC-- After one season as the voice of the Can-Am League's Brockton Rox, Dave Raymond has been hired by the Houston Astros to join their 2006 radio team. He will work alongside Hall of Fame broadcaster of Milo Hamilton and newly hired broadcaster Brett Dolan.

During the 2006 season, Hamilton will serve as the play-by-play analyst for the Astros radio broadcasts during home games with Dolan and Raymond sharing color analyst duties. For road games, Dolan and Raymond will share play-by-play duties along with pre- and post-game responsibilities.

Raymond is a graduate of Stanford University and 11-year broadcasting veteran. His Major League Baseball broadcasting experience includes selected games for the Baltimore Orioles in 2005 and the San Francisco Giants in 2003. Raymond also broadcasted games for the Triple A Iowa Cubs for five seasons from 2000-2004, one season with the Class A Charleston River Dogs and four seasons with the Sonoma County Crushers (1995-1998) of the Western League.

A former senior class president at Stanford, Raymond also broadcast Cardinal women's basketball for four seasons from 1998-2001. He has spent parts of the last four years providing TV and Radio play-by-play for many Drake University football and men's basketball games as well as radio for women's basketball game broadcasts. Raymond is also a former business reporter for Forbes Magazine, where he was a 2001 nominee for the Loeb Award, an award for outstanding business reporting.

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