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    Owner Considering Changing Astros' Name

    Crane mulling name, uniform changes - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

    I really hope not. I have never liked when teams change their names. Unless they relocate to a new city, I always thought it was a dumb idea.

    New Houston Astros owner Jim Crane is considering changing the name of the franchise as well as its uniforms.

    Crane said Monday the team will conduct a study to decide whether or not to switch the name.

    “We’re going to study the information both from the fans and from all sorts of marketing people,” Crane said. “I’m not saying we’re going to change. We haven’t made the decision yet whether we’re going to change.”

    The team was established in 1962 as the Colt .45s and has been called the Astros since 1965 when it was changed to coincide with the move to the Astrodome.

    Crane said switching uniforms is something they are “highly considering.” Any changes wouldn’t happen until 2013 when Houston makes the move from the National League to the American League.
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    Especially don't change the name if it holds historic and geographic reason!!!
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      I wonder if he thinks if they change the name the luck will change also?
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      • #4
        this was a SMALL excert from a large discussion

        he made a few changes yesterday to ticket prices and concessions etc


        said he was considering changing the logo and color scheme etc...

        and stated that he would consider a name change... CONSIDER...


        Astros fans would HATE this,.... and yes.. even though they are awful, they have a lot of fans...

        the Astros will NOT get a name change

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          New owner says he won't change Astros' name - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

          HOUSTON (AP)—New Houston Astros owner Jim Crane says he won’t change the team’s name.

          Crane said last week he was considering a switch. But he emailed a video message to season-ticket holders on Monday saying, “one thing that we are not going to change is the name.”

          He says he made the decision after receiving “strong feedback and consensus among season-ticket holders and many fans.” He then added that “the Houston Astros are here to stay.”

          The team was established in 1962 as the Colt .45s and has been called the Astros since 1965 when the name was changed to coincide with the move to the Astrodome.

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