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The Houston Astros are 'you guessed it' based in Houston, Texas. Playing in the Central Division of ML Baseball's National League. Since 2000 the Astros have played their home games at Minute Maid Park. The Astros joined MLB under the name Colt .45s in 1962.
Having just had one World Series appearance in their history, losing in 2005 against the Chicago White Sox. They have made the postseason eight times (4 as Central Division champs, 2 as Western Division champs, and twice as the wild card).
Being named originally after the Gun that won the west the Colt .45s the name came about after a contest to name the team. The colors selected were navy blue and orange.
The Colt .45s played ball at Colt Stadium. Colt Stadium wasn't really a stadium it was just a temporary field while the team waited for Judge Hofheinz to build his indoor stadium. Having convinced the National League owners that the sweltering Houston summers would not be a problem becasue he would build an indoor baseball stadium based loosely on the Coliseum in Rome. Colt Stadium was built on the same land that would eventually hold its famous successor. The new domed stadium was called the Astrodome. The name was in honor of Houston's importance to the country's space program and to match with the meaning of the name, the Colt .45s were renamed the Astros. 2000 saw the Astro's move into a new stadium called Enron Field with a retractable roof.
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WEST | |
EAST | |
| St. Louis | Los Angeles | Atlanta | |||
| Cincinnati | Arizona | Florida | |||
| Houston | San Francisco | New York | |||
| Milwaukee | San Diego | Philadelphia | |||
| Pittsburgh | Colorado | Washington | |||
| Chicago |