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“We’ll have for sure at least one full bus,” Ross said, adding that preparations were being made for a second bus.

“I know there are a lot of Montrealers that are driving down … they won’t be on the bus, but they’ll be down there,” he added.

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Martinez and Johnson will be inducted into the Hall of Fame along with former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz and former Houston Astro Craig Biggio. It marks the first time since 1955 that the Baseball Writers Association of America voted four players into the Hall in the same year. In 1955, Joe DiMaggio, Gabby Hartnett, Ted Lyons and Dazzy Vance entered the Hall together.

Martinez spent four seasons with the Expos after being acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers on Nov. 19, 1993 in exchange for Delino DeShields. In his final season with the Expos in 1997, Martinez posted a 17-8 record with a 1.90 earned-run average and won the National League Cy Young Award before being traded to the Boston Red Sox on Nov. 18, 1997 in exchange for Carl Pavano and Tony Armas. Martinez, who won three Cy Young Awards during his career, helped the Red Sox win their first World Series in 86 years in 2004 and retired with a 219-100 record, striking out 3,154 batters and leading the major leagues in ERA five times.

Johnson, who was selected by the Expos in the second round of the 1985 amateur draft, only spent two seasons in Montreal before being traded to the Seattle Mariners on May 25, 1989, along with Gene Harris and Brian Holman, in exchange for Mark Langston and Mike Campbell. Johnson went on to win five Cy Young Awards, posting a 303-166 career record while striking out 4,875 batters.

Martinez and Johnson were both voted into the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility.