Why are the called the Astros?
Being in gun crazy Texas, the professional Houston MLB team was known as the Colt. 45s, which also gave us this sweet logo:
But in order to “keep with the times” in 1965, team President Judge Roy Hofheinz, while citing Houston’s status as “the space age capital of the world” changed the name to “Astros” and the rest as they say, is history.
Why am I excited to see their city?
Given the events of the last week, it will be a humbling experience to see a city that has come through the other side of such devastation.
I have had the pleasure of visiting New Orleans not long after Hurricane Katrina, and seeing the way the city bounced back and the passion of the locals was inspiring – hopefully I’ll get to see this again in Houston.
What is a tradition at their ballpark?
I think the Astros have a pretty cool mascot named “Orbit”. Like his name suggests, Orbit will circle the stadium, greeting fans of all ages and providing a memorable experience at Minute Maid Park (the Astros stadium).
Aside from Orbit, there is the “Minute Maid Train”, which will circle the stadium every time the Astros hit a home run!
Who is a famous fan?
Some of the rap games biggest stars hail from the Lone Star State, and many of them grew up in the Houston area.
Some fans include, Paul Wall and Chamillionaire, but I’m going to go with my favourite basketball ball player of all time TRACY MCGRADY! (George Bush Senior was unlucky to miss out here)
Cue the highlights!
A fun/weird fact about the Astros?
Minute Maid Park has a retractable roof, and it can take anywhere between 12-20 minutes to get that thing closed!
Thirty before 30 