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Houston was changing fast in the mid-1960s. NASA had arrived, the Space Age was taking shape, and the city was suddenly becoming the center of America’s push toward the stars. But one place still looked like the Old West — its brand-new baseball team, the Houston Colt .45s.
That was about to change.
On December 1st, 1964, Houston traded in its pistols for planets, retired the Colt .45s name, and embraced a new identity that matched the city’s future. On this episode of Sports History Daily, we look back at the day the Astros were born — and how a simple name change helped launch one of the most iconic eras in baseball history.
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