Originally posted by jnakamura
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New Astros owner may change name of team
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*** Submit your personal HOF as your ballot for the Single Ballot BBF Hall of Fame! *** Also: Buck the Fraves!
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I say they should call themselves the Rustlers. A good "old west" name that harkens back to the wild days of the late 19th century. The Astro name was good, but it "jumped the shark" the day they went away from the rainbow warrior uniforms, and it should be left in the National League (the franchise itself should remain in the NL, but that's another story) Rustlers would be the "fresh start" of moving into the AL after 50 years of NL play. Besides the "Rangers vs Rustlers" rivalry goes back a long wayLETS GO BUCS!!
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Originally posted by drdg View Postthat's a good idea
when they were the colt 45's they play in colt stadium
they became the astros, when they move into the astrodome
and now their nickname can be the juicers since they play in minute maid park
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Originally posted by ian2813 View PostWhat should their name have been when their ballpark was called Enron Field?*** Submit your personal HOF as your ballot for the Single Ballot BBF Hall of Fame! *** Also: Buck the Fraves!
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Originally posted by Zito75 View PostThose are dreadful.
Why not go with the Oilers?"No matter how great you were once upon a time — the years go by, and men forget,” - W. A. Phelon in Baseball Magazine in 1915. “Ross Barnes, forty years ago, was as great as Cobb or Wagner ever dared to be. Had scores been kept then as now, he would have seemed incomparably marvelous.”
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Terrible. Would rub dirt on the dying spirit of Houston Astros Baseball, thanks to the league switch.
I'll vouch for 3 pro teams to overhaul their nickname, that's it.
Houston Texans >>> Houston Oilers
Washington Wizards >>> Washington Bullets
Minnesota Wild >>> Minnesota North Stars
Civility > Corporatism
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Originally posted by RMD View PostTerrible. Would rub dirt on the dying spirit of Houston Astros Baseball, thanks to the league switch.
I'll vouch for 3 pro teams to overhaul their nickname, that's it.
Houston Texans >>> Houston Oilers
Washington Wizards >>> Washington Bullets
Minnesota Wild >>> Minnesota North Stars
The other, of course, will never be done, because guns are one of the focuses of evil in the modern world. What the Wizards have done with their current re-branding is as good as it's going to get.Last edited by SamtheBravesFan; 01-29-2012, 04:47 PM.46 wins to match last year's total
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I have some ideas:
- Houston Knights (think of the New York Knights from The Natural)
- Houston Comets (name of Houston's defunct WNBA team)
- Houston Colts (original name of Astros, minus the .45)The Mets have the best, smartest fans in baseball.
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I see no reason why the name "Houston Astros" doesn't compare very favorably with any if not all of these suggestions. The only reason I could see for changing names is the decline of the US space program.
The Astros fans are getting screwed over here. Houston is one of the stalwarts of the National League, even with the last few years factored in. Don't make matters worse.
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Originally posted by Imgran View PostThe Astros fans are getting screwed over here. Houston is one of the stalwarts of the National League, even with the last few years factored in. Don't make matters worse.
The Mets have the best, smartest fans in baseball.
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