Today I'm writing about the Houston Astros. These guys.
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| http://images.pictureshunt.com/pics/a/astros_logo-9414.gif |
Apparently, they used to be these guys:
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| http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ce/HOU_1094.gif/220px-HOU_1094.gif |
but that was a really long time ago (1964)...but I suppose they do count as another team who sanitized their former name that had violent connotations. Guess there's a lot of those!
Anyway, their new name is supposed to reflect NASA and the space program, located nearby at the Johnson Space Center. If I were to find myself in Houston, I would be more inclined to visit Space Center Houston, the visitor's center at Johnson, than go to an Astros game. Truth be told.
I know that MLB would prefer that when I think of the Astros, I think of this:
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| http://www.baseballpilgrimages.com/national/minutemaid.jpg |
or this:
| http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/296657main_jsc2008e154358.jpg |
But in reality, I think of this:
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| http://tralfaz.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/astro.jpg |
