The Houston Astros will celebrate 45 years next season.

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Starting off with a great looking logo, combining the old with the new.

The Astros' logo has changed throughout their 45 years in existence. Let's take a look back.

1962–64: The Colt .45s era

The Colt .45s started their inaugural season on April 10, 1962, against the Chicago Cubs with Harry Craft as their manager. The Colt .45s finished eighth among the National League's ten teams.

1965–1970: The Great Indoors

With Judge Roy Hofheinz now the sole owner of the franchise and his vision of an indoor venue complete, the Colt .45s moved into their new domed stadium in 1965. The judge called the new domed stadium 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.

1975–1979: The Rainbow era

The 1975 season was the introduction of the Astros new-look uniforms. Many teams were going away from the traditional uniform and the Astros were no exception. The uniforms had multishade stripes of orange, red and yellow in front and in back behind a large dark blue star over the midsection. The same stripes run down the paint legs. Players numbers not only appeared on the back of the jersey, but also on the pant leg. The bright stripes were meant to appear as a fiery trail like a rocket sweeping across the heavens. The uniforms were panned by the critics, but the public liked them and versions started appearing at the high school and little league level. The uniform was so different from what other teams wore that the Astros wore it both at home and on the road until 1980.

1987–99: Rebuild, new owner, a new look, and a new success

The Astros had another logo change, but that wasn't the big story. After losing the 1986 NLCS to the Mets, the Astros retooled once again, as veterans from 1986 were leaving in droves. The biggest impact was felt when Nolan Ryan went to the Texas Rangers.

This is the Astros logo today. Next season they will be sporting the 45th anniversary logo and hopefully they will get back to the World Series and win it for the fans who have been around since the Colt 45 days.

check out their logos here: http://www.mvptexas.com/mlb/363-astros-to-celebrate-45-years.html

Posted on 20/12/09

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