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The Houston Colt-.45's started an all-rookie lineup on September 27, 1963, the one and only time in Major League Baseball history a team has done this. Houston eventually played a remarkable 16 rookies in the game, another MLB record unlikely to be challenged any time soon. Rex and Craig take a look this week at this lineup to see which rookies panned out and which did not. They found a wide range or careers, from the brilliant to the disappointing to the tragic.Errata: The Las Vegas Golden Knights were an expansion team. It was the wife of the Kansas City Royals' owner that made public statements critical of Jackson County MO voters.Sources:For player statistics as always, Baseball-Reference.comSteve Glassman, "September 27, 1963: Houston Colt .45s start a lineup of all rookies" at the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR.org) https://tinyurl.com/45allrookie1.Rory Costello, "Jay Dahl" at https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/jay-dahl/Rex and Craig also pulled information from Wikipedia and Astros Daily (http://www.astrosdaily.com/).-->Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tT8d3pVUsN-->You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including the books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandrunsHooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.comHooks & Runs on TikTok -  https://www.tiktok.com/@hooksandrunsHooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandrunsAndrew Eckhoff on Tik TokLink: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffestRex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Music: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat)     This podcast and this episode are copyright Craig Estlinbaum, 2024, all rights reserved.  

- 1964 MLB Standings-- Announcers- Jerry Coleman- Joe Garagiola-- 1964 Houston Astros- 1B-RF - Walt Bond- 3B - Bob Aspromonte- LF - Al Spangler- 2B - Nellie Fox- 1B-RF - Rusty Staub- C - Jerry Grote- SP - Ken Johnson- SP - Don Nottebart- SP-RP - Hal Brown- SP - Turk Farrell-- 1964 New York Yankees- CF - Mickey Mantle- RF - Roger Maris- C - Elston Howard- LF-CF - Tom Tresh- 1B - Joe Pepitone- 2B - Bobby Richardson- SS - Tony Kubek- 3B - Clete Boyer- SP - Jim Bouton- SP-RP - Ralph Terry- SP - Whitey Ford- SP - Al Downing

- 1964 MLB Regular Season- Colt Stadium.Box Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunday, September 27, 1964Attendance: 6,246Day Game, on grass.- Starting Lineups▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬- Los Angeles Dodgers- 1 - SS - Dick Tracewski- 2 - RF - Derrell Griffith- 3 - CF - Willie Davis- 4 - LF - Tommy Davis- 5 - C - John Roseboro- 6 - 1B - Ron Fairly- 7 - 2B - Nate Oliver- 8 - 3B - Bart Shirley- 9 - P - Don Drysdale- - - --- Houston Colt .45s- 1 - LF - Al Spangler- 2 - 2B - Joe Morgan- 3 - RF - Rusty Staub- 4 - 1B - Walt Bond- 5 - 3B - Bob Aspromonte- 6 - CF - Jim Wynn- 7 - SS - Eddie Kasko- 8 - C - Jerry Grote- 9 - P - Bob Bruce.Radio Announcers▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬- Gene Elston- Loel Passe

- 9/8/1962 MLB Regular Season- Colt Stadium.Box Score.Saturday, September 8, 1962Start Time: 8:00 p.m. LocalAttendance: 6,568- Starting Lineups▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬- New York Mets- 1 - SS - Elio Chacon- 2 - 3B - Charlie Neal- 3 - LF - Gene Woodling- 4 - 1B - Marv Throneberry- 5 - CF - Jim Hickman- 6 - RF - Joe Christopher- 7 - 2B - Rod Kanehl- 8 - C - Chris Cannizzaro- 9 - P - Roger Craig- - - --- Houston Colt .45s- 1 - SS - Bob Lillis- 2 - LF - Al Spangler- 3 - RF - Roman Mejias- 4 - 1B - Norm Larker- 5 - CF - Carl Warwick- 6 - 3B - Bob Aspromonte- 7 - C - Hal Smith- 8 - 2B - Joey Amalfitano- 9 - P - Turk Farrell-Radio Announcers▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬- Ralph Kiner- Lindsey Nelson- Bob Murphy

According to Stathead's data, last night's home run by Mark Vientos off Aroldis Chapman was the 98th time in Mets history that they've gotten a solo shot with two outs in the ninth inning, and the third time this season.It's the second time this season that a rookie has saved the Mets from being shut out this way, as Francisco Álvarez also did it on July 5 in Arizona. The difference there was that the Mets were only down 1-0, so it was a game-tying home run — one of 13 out of these 98 when the Mets were one swing of the bat from getting even, and got even with the one swing of the bat.The Mets went on to win that game on Mark Canha's triple to score Brett Baty later in the ninth, and a 1-2-3 bottom of the frame by David Robertson. They did not win the other game when they got a solo shot with their last gasp, as Eduardo Escobar only got the Mets within 9-8 against Atlanta on May 1, the final score of that one.The most recent walkoff on a two-out solo shot by a Met was nearly five years ago, September 13, 2018, as Todd Frazier ended the first game of a doubleheader moments after Michael Conforto had also homered off Kyle Barraclough for one of those 13 game-tying solo shots.There have been 58 of these homers when the Mets have been behind in a game, including Vientos last night. His dinger followed Escobar into a more exclusive club, the 24th solo home run in Mets history when down to their final out at home.Only three of those have been tying homers: Conforto in 2018, Jerry Buchek off Atlanta's Dick Kelley in 1967, and Gus Bell in the fifth game in Mets history, off Jim Golden of the Houston Colt .45s at the Polo Grounds. Herb Moford gave up a three-run homer to Don Buddin in the 11th inning and the Mets would need to wait another six days to get their first-ever win.Vientos' homer saving the Mets from being blanked at home puts him in a club that only started in 1976, when Ron Hodges went deep off Pittsburgh's Doc Medich, followed like last night by the final out of a 2-1 game. On August 27, 1985, Darryl Strawberry ended Jerry Reuss' bid for a complete game shutout, but Tom Niedenfuer came out of the Dodgers bullpen to strike out George Foster and notch another 2-1 verdict.The disappointment was not as stark, nor as important, the following September 8, when Strawberry denied Bob Sebra a shutout at Shea. Sebra got the complete game win, and did shut out the Mets three weeks later in Montreal, on just two hits — a Gary Carter double in the second, and an infield hit by Lenny Dykstra in the sixth.There was even less drama on October 2, 2001, when Jay Payton denied Bronson Arroyo what would've been his first career shutout. He still got his first complete game and a 10-1 win, but had to wait until 2006 to twirl the first of his six career shutouts.Strawberry and Hodges are the only ones there with Vientos in homering to get the Mets one more chance in a game they trailed 2-0. The last time before last night that the Mets broke up a shutout at home this way, it would've taken a lot more chances: Brandon Nimmo got the best of Danny Barnes on May 16, 2018, and Wilmer Flores followed with a double, but Barnes managed to compose himself and get Conforto to ground out and lock down the Blue Jays' 12-1 triumph.Earlier that year, on April 15, Flores tagged Matt Albers of the Brewers for a two-out solo shot that was a walkoff. He also did it on July 22, 2017, off Oakland's Simon Castro. That ties Flores for the team record for a career, but not a single season, because Cleon Jones turned two 1-1 ties into 2-1 wins, just one week apart, in 1971 — August 21 off San Diego's Dave Roberts and August 28 against the Dodgers and Jim Brewer.Other than Flores, Jones, and Frazier, the Mets' walkoffs on solo shots, one out from extra innings, belong to Rusty Staub on May 9, 1982 off San Francisco's Greg Minton, and Mike Cameron off Danny Patterson to beat the Tigers on June 18, 2004.Cameron walked off Patterson and the Tigers the next night, too, delivering the decisive base hit in the 10th inning. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willetspen.substack.com/subscribe

Do You Believe In Magic?  Author, David Krell and BBQ Connoisseurs, Sean Ludwig, and Ryan Cooper Make Us All Believe In Magic David Krell is an author and baseball historian.  His latest work is, Do You Believe In Magic?:  Baseball and America In the Groundbreaking Year of 1966.  We were fortunate to be asked to preview the book and offer a blurb and this is what we said, "David Krell weaves a magnificent tapestry of the year 1966; using baseball as the central thread, he magnificently combines the year's biggest events to make us all feel we are front and center and experiencing every moment."  David first joined us on episode 129 to discuss his book,1962:  Baseball and America in the Time of JFK which is a fascinating look at a year when two new baseball franchises, the New York Mets and the Houston Colt .45s had their first seasons and NASA was launching men into space.  In Do You Believe In Magic? David once makes history exciting. Ryan Cooper and Sean Ludwig are back and providing information on future barbecue events, the latest products, and additional scintillating barbecue conversation.  Ryan is the founder of the BBQ Tourist website https://bbqtourist.com which is dedicated to celebrating the best barbecue in America.  Sean is the founder of NYC BBQ, http://www.nycbbq.com which is a website and newsletter with news and information on all things barbecue in the NYC metro area.  Together they are co-founders of The Smoke Sheet, https://www.bbqnewsletter.com which is a weekly newsletter that curates the latest national barbecue news, upcoming events, books to read, podcasts to listen to, videos to watch, recipes, and so much more.  We are thrilled every time they come on and look forward to having them back again. We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home by the musician, Dave Dresser, and the poet, Shel Krakofsky. We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/ We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.   Call the show:  (516) 855-8214 Email:  baseballandbbq@gmail.comTwitter:  @baseballandbbqInstagram:  baseballandbarbecueYouTube:  baseball and bbqWebsite:  https//baseballandbbq.weebly.com Facebook:  baseball and bbq    

Established in 1962 (like the Mets) the Astros were originally the Houston Colt 45's and played in Colt Stadium. The Astrodome opened in 1965 as the self-proclaimed 8th wonder of the world.   The first 20+ years of the franchise did not go very well but since 1997 things have gone better and the 'Stros have only missed the playoffs once since 2015. We've added a YouTube Channel and are still working out our own kinks.  No videos yet but if you care to listen from YouTube here is the link to the Almost Cooperstown channel.Please subscribe to our podcast and thanks for listening! If you have a suggestion for an episode please drop us a line via email at Almostcooperstown@gmail.com.  You can also follow us on Twitter @almostcoop or visit the Almost Cooperstown Facebook page or YouTube channel.  If you can please give the podcast 4 or 5 star rating! www.almostcooperstown.com

On this date in 1965, the Mets opened their fourth season with an 8-1 loss to the Dodgers at Shea Stadium. The 112-loss season didn't even have a moment to gather oxygen before Maury Wills led off with a single, stole second, moved to third on a passed ball by Chris Cannizzaro, and scored on a Willie Davis double. Later that inning, being the 1965 Mets, it became 2-0 Dodgers when Davis scored on a foul pop to Cannizzaro. How the heck did that happen? Did any of our subscribers see the Mets' 1965 opener?If you did see that game, you might also remember that it became 5-0 in the fourth inning when Don Drysdale hit a two-run homer off Al Jackson. That was one of four homers that Drysdale hit in his career against the Mets, tied with Bob Gibson for the all-time lead among pitchers. The Mets have given up 95 homers all-time to pitchers, a number that figures to stay in double digits for many years to come, barring a wave of Shohei Ohtani copycats in the majors.Drysdale hit a solo shot off Tracy Stallard in 1964 at Shea, the two-run dinger off Jackson in the 1965 opener, a tiebreaking solo blast off Warren Spahn in the eighth inning on June 11, 1965, and then one more on July 24, 1966, at Dodger Satdium, off Jack Fisher.Stallard also gave up homers during his Mets tenure to Juan Marichal (1963) and Wade Blasingame (1964), which ties him with Ron Darling, Jacob deGrom, and Dillon Gee among Mets pitchers for giving up dingers to their opposite number. The king of this dubious category? Not surprisingly, it's Tom Seaver, given the amount of opportunities he had.Seaver gave up homers in 1969 to Dan McGinn and Fergie Jenkins (two of six homers that pitchers hit against the Mets that year (tied with 1962 and 2006 — Dontrelle Willis took Jose Lima, Oliver Pérez, and Roberto Hernandez deep that year — for the team record), Juan Pizarro in 1971, Burt Hooton (a grand slam) in 1972, and Larry Christenson in 1976. Tom Terrific got one of those dingers back in 1979, when he took Craig Swan out of the park in Cincinnati.As a Met, Seaver hit six home runs, a team record since broken by Dwight Gooden, who tallied seven. Noah Syndergaard also hit six taters with the Mets.What none of those guys did is hit a grand slam, something no Mets pitcher has done since Jack Hamilton on May 20, 1967… off Al Jackson. Hamilton gave back all four runs within two innings, left the game tied at 4-4, and watched the Mets build back up to a 9-4 lead before losing to the Cardinals, 11-9.Mets pitchers have hit two grand slams, ever, with the other one hit in 1963 by Carl Willey at the Polo Grounds against the Houston Colt .45s. That total of two is equaled by the number of grand slams that the Mets allowed to pitchers in the final season at Shea Stadium: Félix Hernández (off Johan Santana) and Jason Marquis (off Jon Niese) both did it.The Mets are 0-7 all-time when allowing a grand slam to an opposing pitcher. No team has given up more of them since 1962. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willetspen.substack.com/subscribe

Host Bill Donohue welcomes former Houston Colt .45, Astros AND New York Mets third baseman and one of the few remaining Brooklyn Dodgers, Bob Aspromonte. Later, Bill talks with former New York Liberty star and present-day Long Island oyster farmer, Susan Wicks.

As a young girl growing up in tiny, rural Throckmorton, Texas in the mid-1950s, memoirist Addie Beth Denton ("108 Stitches: A Girl Grows Up With Baseball") had only a vague understanding of what her father and uncle did for a living - except that they seemed to always be talking about baseball. Only as she grew older did she come to realize all that discussion - not to mention her bevy of annual summertime excursions to professional parks all over the country - was much more than just a passing family curiosity. In fact, she discovered that her uncle Harry Craft had not only been a respectable big-league outfielder with the Cincinnati Reds for nearly six seasons (1937-42) before joining the Navy in the war effort - but was now in the midst of a fledgling managerial career that saw him skippering numerous New York Yankees farm clubs, as well as two of the majors' newest: the 1955 Kansas City As (relocated from Philadelphia) and the 1962 expansion Houston Colt .45s. Along the way, Denton recalls innumerable childhood brushes with baseball greatness - Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Billy Martin, Rusty Staub - all of whom credited Craft for his valuable tutelage during their careers.   And unwittingly willed a lifetime of memories and love for the game for a certain Texas farm girl.

Baseball and BBQ Episode #142 Features Russell Turner of All-Star Bar-B-Q, Baseball Rebels and Major League Rebels Authors, Peter Dreir and Robert Elias, and Guest Co-host, Doug Scheiding Russell Turner opened All-Star Bar-B-Q in Rusk, Texas in 1993 and has served "smoked to perfection" BBQ.  In Texas, outstanding barbecue may not be hard to find, but Russell has combined great barbecue with his love of baseball, more specifically, his love of the Houston Astros and serves up great food in a fun atmosphere.  Lovers of baseball history, especially that of the Houston Astros that began in 1962 as the Houston Colt .45s, will spend lots of time enjoying awesome barbecue while they enjoy the tons of baseball memorabilia throughout the place.  Doug Scheiding of Rogue Cookers joins us as guest co-host. Baseball and BBQ are definitely on this menu. Peter Dreir and Robert Elias set out to write one book on some of the players and others associated with baseball who "stood up to racists, war-mongers, and their own greedy owners"  as well as including baseball people who "challenged both the baseball establishment and society's status quo."  Their research yielded an overwhelming number of fascinating items and thus, one book was not good, but two books were just right.  Baseball Rebels:  The Players, People, And Social Movements That Shook Up The Game And Changed America and Major League Rebels:  Baseball Battles Over Workers' Rights And American Empire are two books filled with incredible baseball history.  Dreier and Elias are distinguished professors by day, and we feel they earned their PhD's writing two outstanding books.  We recommend you go to BBQ Buddha, https://bbqbuddha.com/ for rubs and award-winning sauces https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, and the Pandemic Baseball Book Club, https://www.pbbclub.com  to find many of the wonderful books we have featured as well as some additional swag, and Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, and Cutting Edge Firewood https://www.cuttingedgefirewood.com/ for high-quality firewood and cooking wood. We conclude the show with the song, "Baseball Always Brings You Home" by the musician, Dave Dresser, and the poet, Shel Krakofsky. We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.   Call the show:  (516) 855-8214 Email:  baseballandbbq@gmail.comTwitter:  @baseballandbbqInstagram:  baseballandbarbecueYouTube:  baseball and bbqWebsite:  https//baseballandbbq.weebly.com Facebook:  baseball and bbq

Historically Speaking Sports Podcast host Dana Auguster sits down with Beth Wiedower-Jackson of the Astrodome Conservatory to talk about the cultural significance of the former Harris County Domed Stadium. Also we countdown the five greatest sports moments in the history of the Astrodome and we wrap up the show with a shout out to the team formerly known as the Houston Colt 45's, a team that changed its name once it moved indoors.

Episode 129 is overflowing with guests as we are joined by Michael Massiglia known as Messy Mike, owner of Messy Mike's Barbecue & Catering, Shane McBride, and Matt Abdoo from Pig Beach BBQ talking about an important fundraiser,  and David Krell, noted baseball author. Michael Massiglia aka Messy Mike was an electrician for many years and, by his own admission, he was an ok one, but not great and certainly not happy in his chosen career field.  The story Messy Mike tells of how barbecue became his passion and lead him to his new career as the owner of a food truck/catering company called Messy Mike's Barbecue & Catering will make you question whether you heard things correctly.  It amazed and intrigued us as well, and yes you heard him right.  He did take his wedding money and purchased a very expensive smoker without having any idea what he was doing.  From there the story gets crazier.  His food truck is located at 161 Rockingham Road, Derry, NH, and is open from Thursday to Sunday during the hours of 11:00 am to 3:00 pm or until they are sold out.  Tell Messy Mike the folks at Baseball and BBQ sent you. Shane McBride and Matt Abdoo from Pig Beach BBQ are part of the wonderfully generous barbecue community.  They join us to discuss the Jeff Michner BBQ Benefit taking place at Pig Beach,  35 - 37 36th Street, Queens, NY 11106 on Saturday, April 30th, 2022 from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm.  Jeff Michner suddenly passed away in the spring of 2018 at the age of 36, leaving behind his wife Sara, and his 16-month-old daughter Hayes. A foundation was created in Jeff's honor to keep his memory alive. The organization embraces the things he loved best: family, friends, and great food. The Jeff Michner Foundation creates scholarships for culinary students, supporting families managing loss and grief.  The Jeff Michner BBQ Benefit celebrates Jeff with an epic barbecue featuring some of the country's greatest pitmasters.  This event will be a dine-around, where each participating Pitmaster will prepare a tasting portion of their dish for the guest to sample.  Go to https://www.pigbeachnyc.com for more information, and we hope to see you there. David Krell is an author and baseball historian.  His latest work is 1962:  Baseball and America in the Time of JFK.  It is a fascinating look at a year when two new baseball franchises, the New York Mets and the Houston Colt .45s had their first seasons and NASA was launching men into space.  It was an extraordinary year in baseball, culture, and politics.  According to David, the book originally began with the idea of exploring the two new baseball teams, and it morphed into an amazing look at history which included baseball, but also encompassed so much more.  David did an extreme amount of research to give us a feel for what life in America was like in 1962.  As we like to say, he did the "heavy lifting" which benefits us immensely and we are grateful he did.  David made us feel as if we had taken a time machine back to 1962 as we enjoyed every month of the year from cover to cover. We recommend you go to baseballbbq.com https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, the Pandemic Baseball Book Club, https://www.pbbclub.com  to find many of the wonderful books we have featured as well as some additional swag, and BBQ Buddha, https://bbqbuddha.com/ for rubs and award-winning sauces. We conclude the show with the song, "Baseball Always Brings You Home" by the musician, Dave Dresser, and the poet, Shel Krakofsky. We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.   Call the show:  (516) 855-8214 Email:  baseballandbbq@gmail.comTwitter:  @baseballandbbqInstagram:  baseballandbarbecueYouTube:  baseball and bbqWebsite:  https//baseballandbbq.weebly.com Facebook:  baseball and bbq

The other one was the Houston Colt .45s, because America.

[We dig out from last week's major winter storm with a fan-favorite Archive Re-Release from 2018!] By the summer of 1959, the absence of two former National League franchises from what was once a vibrant New York City major league baseball scene was obvious – and even the remaining/dominant Yankees couldn't fully make up for it.  Nor could that season's World Series championship run of the now-Los Angeles Dodgers – a bittersweet victory for jilted fans of the team's Brooklyn era.  Fiercely determined to return a National League team to the city, mayor Robert Wagner enlisted the help of a Brooklyn-based attorney named William Shea to spearhead an effort to first convince a current franchise to relocate – as the American League's Braves (Boston to Milwaukee, 1953), Browns (St. Louis to Baltimore, 1954), and A's (Philadelphia to Kansas City, 1955) had recently done.  When neither Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, or even MLB Commissioner Ford Frick, could be convinced by the opportunity, Shea and team moved on to an even bolder plan –  an entirely new third major league, with a New York franchise as its crown jewel. Financial backers from not only New York, but also eager expansionists in Houston, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Denver, Toronto, Atlanta, Dallas-Ft. Worth, and Buffalo joined in the effort – christened the “Continental League” – and recruited longtime pioneering baseball executive Branch Rickey to do the collective's bidding.  In preparation for an inaugural 1961 start, Rickey immediately preached the virtues of parity, and outlined a business plan that included TV revenue-sharing, equally accessible player pools, and solid pension plans; properly executed, it would take less than four years for the new league to be a credible equal of the National and American Leagues.  His plan: poach a few established big-league stars, and supplement rosters with young talent from a dedicated farm system that would quickly ripen into a formidable stream of high-caliber players and, in turn, a quickly competitive “major” third league.  That, plus an aggressive legal attack on MLB's long-established federal antitrust exemption – designed to force greater player mobility and expanded geographic opportunities. Suddenly pressured, MLB owners surprisingly responded in the summer of 1960 with a hastily crafted plan for expansion, beginning in 1962 with new NL teams in New York (Mets) and Houston (Colt .45s) – undercutting the upstart league's ownership groups in those cities, and promising additional franchises in the years following.  Within weeks, the Continental League was no more, and the accelerated expansionary future of the modern game was firmly in motion. Original Continental League minor leaguer Russ Buhite (The Continental League: A Personal History) joins host Tim Hanlon to share his first-person account (as a member of the proposed Denver franchise's Western Carolina League Rutherford County Owls in 1960) of both the build-up to and letdown of the “league that never was” – as well as the broader history of the unwittingly influential circuit that changed the economic landscape of modern-day Major League Baseball.

Growing pains are common when it comes to expansion teams playing their first couple of seasons in the Major Leagues. In this episode of "Painting the Corners with Anton Schindler," we'll discuss two teams: the Seattle Pilots and the Houston Colt .45s. Both really had it tough. We'll discuss the brief history behind these two teams and try to figure out what went wrong and what led them to morph into the Milwaukee Brewers and the Houston Astros of today. 

Baseball has a rich history of clubs with amazing wins, crushing defeats, and even more interesting behind-the-scenes management stories. Not all clubs are still with us today, though. So to keep their memory alive Rounders will share their history. Today, we're examining the Houston Colt 45's. Learn more about the Astrodome's...design issues in the episode "Greatest Natural Disasters in Baseball History." Check out the new YouTube Channel and companion episode! Support the Show Become a Financial Supporter Follow on YouTube Follow on Facebook Follow on Instagram Follow on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rounders/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rounders/support

This episode is sponsored by - www.franchisingconnection.com On May 17, 1963 — At Colt Stadium, Don Nottebart throws the first no-hitter in franchise history when the Houston Colt .45’s beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1. Nottebart fans eight and walks three. Carl Warwick and Howie Goss homer to supply Houston its runs. Al Spangler snares Wes Covington’s fly on the run for the final out. It is just the third Colts win in 24 tries against their early nemesis. The no-no comes in the 197th game since the team’s inception last season. Learn More about the teams, players, ball parks and events that happened on this date in history just click the tags! 1963 | Colt Stadium | Don Nottebart | Houston Colt 45's | May 17 | Philadelphia Phillies

LIVE at 8pm ET, we once more welcome author David Krell to The Metsian Podcast, this time to discuss his new book, "1962: Baseball and America in the Time of JFK." In addition to Casey Stengel and the Amazin' Mets in their first season, David covers: The first season for the Houston Colt .45s Bo Belinsky throwing a no-hitter as a rookie for the Angels Dodgers-Giants NL playoff Maury Wills setting a stolen base record Giants-Yankees World Series An extraordinary year in popular culture

Today's game is brought to you by - www.FranchisingConnection.com , book a free consultation today to see if they can help you find the perfect business.    On April 23, 1964, At Colt Stadium Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt .45s becomes the first major leaguer to hurl a nine-inning no-hitter and lose the game. The knuckleballing right-hander goes down to defeat, 1-0. Johnson throws widely on Pete Rose’s bunt attempt, and Rose was allowed to take second base and after a ground out, Second baseman Nellie Fox, usually a reliable defensive player, commits a critical run-scoring error on Vada Pinson’s groundball. Joe Nuxhall, did his part for the Reds, he came out for the bottom of the ninth, and got the first two outs quickly. Pete Runnels grounded the first for what should have been the third out, but Deron Johnson misplayed the ball. Houston was unable to take advantage of that second life, however, as Nuxhall struck out John Weekly to end the game. 1964 | April 23 | Cincinnati Reds | Colt Stadium | Houston Colt 45's | Joe Nuxhall | Ken Johnson | Nellie Fox | Pete Rose | Vada Pinson

Today we pause and mourn the passing of the great Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan, one of the first stars of the Houston Colt .45s and Astros. Listen back to Robert Ford and Morgan’s interview from June of 2019 when the Astros visited the Cincinnati Reds. Longtime Astros broadcaster, Bill Brown, also shares his memories of Morgan’s career.Monday’s Game 2 of the ALCS features RHP Lance McCullers vs former Astro and current Rays RHP Charlie Morton. Steve Sparks and Robert Ford discuss Monday’s Game 2 before Manager Dusty Baker shares his thoughts on Game 2 and the passing of Morgan. Rays Manager Kevin Cash and Charlie Morton talk about the dynamics of their post season team and what it means to play against the Astros. Finally, Alex Bregman and Framber Valdez recap their performance of Sunday’s Game 1 loss in San Diego. Sync-up your smart speakers to Astros Radio for the exclusive home-town call! Robert Ford and Steve Sparks will bring you the action throughout the Astros postseason. Get all the latest Astros news right here on Astrocast, the official podcast all year long, presented by @KarbachBrewing, Crafted for Fun!

This evening we'll talk about Monte Harrison, Noah Syndergaard, the Houston Colt 45's, Trevor Rosenthal, is Rusty Staub a HOFer, the bench players in our 40 round draft, Ryan Mountcastle, what do we think of Josh Lindblom, and the great Ubaldo Jimenez.

Brian sits down with New York based Josh Wexler, who has successfully navigated four successful start-ups by applying his philosophy of "controlling your own destiny and everything in between." How a chance night wearing a baseball cap from the Houston Colt 45's skyrocketed him into the world of entrepreneurship 20+ years ago! Action Steps to REWIRE: 1. Embrace learning early! 2. Build confidence by DOING! 3. Execute, put the time in, PERIOD! Check out: www.Revcascade.com. Episode Powered by: -Digital Designer Bootcamp: Launch your fashion brand in 6-short weeks from the comfort of your home. -Phoenix Fashion Week: The leading fashion industry event in the Southwest. Fashion. Education. Community. Follow and like our Instagram @PHXFashionWeek

This evening we'll talk about the move to the NL for Drew Smyly and his continued emergence into fantasy relevance, the old Houston Colt 45's, Doc Gooden's sterling 1985 season, Danny Mendick and how much I love the name, the glamour and elegance of Austin Ekeler, the dissension into the nether regions for Hyun-Jin Ryu, the PED suspension of Michael Pineda, who the heck is Michael Lorenzen, a possible Cy Young upstart with Jack Flaherty, and the first inning blues for James Paxton.

Good friend and longtime broadcaster Bill Brown highlights the career of Hall of Famer Joe Morgan who played with the Houston Colt .45s and Astros from 1963-71. First, Robert Ford and Steve Sparks preview Tuesday’s matchup of RHP Justin Verlander and RHP Shane Bieber. Manager A.J. Hinch scouts the Cleveland Indians from his office at Progressive Field. Then LHP Wade Miley talks about his success in his last 2-outings. Listen to game coverage on the Astros Radio Network and on the MLB AtBat.

Good friend and longtime broadcaster Bill Brown highlights the career of Hall of Famer Joe Morgan who played with the Houston Colt .45s and Astros from 1963-71. First, Robert Ford and Steve Sparks preview Tuesday's matchup of RHP Justin Verlander and RHP Shane Bieber. Manager A.J. Hinch scouts the Cleveland Indians from his office at Progressive Field. Then LHP Wade Miley talks about his success in his last 2-outings. Listen to game coverage on the Astros Radio Network and on the MLB AtBat.

Jim Umbricht was an original member of the Houston Colt .45s and his uniform number 32 was the first to be retired by the club in 1965. Longtime broadcaster Bill Brown salutes Umbricht in his Astros Hall of Fame series podcast. First, Robert Ford and Steve Sparks preview Wednesday’s matchup between RHP Gerrit Cole and the Angles’ RHP Felix Pena. Manager A.J. Hinch and backstop Max Stassi visit with Ford and Sparks prior to game at Angels Stadium. Listen to the action on the Astros Radio Network and on the MLB AtBat App.

Jim Umbricht was an original member of the Houston Colt .45s and his uniform number 32 was the first to be retired by the club in 1965. Longtime broadcaster Bill Brown salutes Umbricht in his Astros Hall of Fame series podcast. First, Robert Ford and Steve Sparks preview Wednesday's matchup between RHP Gerrit Cole and the Angles' RHP Felix Pena. Manager A.J. Hinch and backstop Max Stassi visit with Ford and Sparks prior to game at Angels Stadium. Listen to the action on the Astros Radio Network and on the MLB AtBat App.

The Houston Colt 45 came into existence the same year as The Mets (1962). They soon became The Astros. They were our nemesis throughout the 60's and 70's. The reason; they sought youth while we always looked for big name players in the twilight of their career. The Mets had the last laugh though in 1969 and again in 1986 for sure. Here is a little history on our brothers in the 1962 expansion. We are looking for a plan Brodie. We won a couple of games are you going to strive for mediocrity or take us to a championship. The cover of Sports Illustrated is waiting for you. https://anchor.fm/james-burns52/message --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/james-burns52/support

We finally get to hear from the Commissioner Adam Darin himself! Adam is also the owner of Houston Colt 45's and has been league champion two times. If you want an understanding of how the best league ever (Back to the Future Fantasy Baseball) came all about you will want to give this one a listen! Adam is the best commissioner a league could ask for and we could all learn something from him.

Larry Dierker has done it all in the game of baseball, he is a former Major League Baseball pitcher, manager, and broadcaster. During a 14-year baseball career as a pitcher, he pitched from 1964–1977 for the Houston Colt .45s/Astros and the St. Louis Cardinals. He also managed the Astros for five years (1997–2001). He made his major-league pitching debut on his 18th birthday – and struck out Willie Mays in the first inning, In 1969, he became the Astros' franchise first 20-game winner,he was a 2 time all start, he pitched a no -hitter, was a National League Manager of the year, His # 49 Jersey has been retired by the Astros and he is a member of the Astros Hall of Fame. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny

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When it debuted to the public on April 9, 1965 (with an exhibition Major League Baseball game featuring the newly-renamed Houston Astros and Mickey Mantle’s New York Yankees), the Astrodome – audaciously dubbed the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by its builders – immediately captured the attention of the sports, entertainment and architectural worlds.   It was a Texas-sized vision of the future – a seemingly unimaginable feat of engineering, replete with breakthrough innovations such as premium luxury suites, theater-style seating, and the world’s first-ever animated stadium scoreboard.  At the time, it was the biggest-ever indoor space ever made by man – an immense cylinder nearly half-a-mile around and with a flying-saucer-like roofline – that evoked a modern space age that the city of Houston and a reach-the-Moon-obsessed nation envisioned for itself. Amidst the ambition, not all was perfect: baseball outfielders were initially unable to see fly balls through the stadium’s clear Plexiglas roof panels, and attempts to grow natural grass for its playing surface failed repeatedly (ultimately leading to the development of artificial “AstroTurf”).     Yet, unquestionably, the arrival of the Astrodome changed the way people viewed sporting events and – putting casual fans at the center of the experience, that would soon become the expected standard for all facets of live communal entertainment. Penn State University professor Rob Trumpbour (The Eighth Wonder of the World: The Life of Houston’s Iconic Astrodome) joins host Tim Hanlon to discuss the life, impact and ongoing legacy of the Astrodome’s signature role in transforming Houston as a city – and some of the memorable (and not so memorable) pro franchises that called it home during its 43-year run, including the AFL/NFL football Oilers, the NASL soccer Stars and Hurricane, and challenger-league football’s Texans (WFL) and Gamblers (USFL).  Plus, the backstory of Major League Baseball’s 1962 expansion Houston Colt .45’s – the original catalyst behind the dome’s conception and construction. Our appreciation to OldSchoolShirts.com, SportsHistoryCollectibles.com, 503 Sports, Audible, and MyBookie for sponsoring this week’s episode!

By the summer of 1959, the absence of two former National League franchises from what was once a vibrant New York City major league baseball scene was obvious – and even the remaining/dominant Yankees couldn’t fully make up for it.  Nor could that season’s World Series championship run of the now-Los Angeles Dodgers – a bittersweet victory for jilted fans of the team’s Brooklyn era.  Fiercely determined to return a National League team to the city, mayor Robert Wagner enlisted the help of a Brooklyn-based attorney named William Shea to spearhead an effort to first convince a current franchise to relocate – as the American League’s Braves (Boston to Milwaukee, 1953), Browns (St. Louis to Baltimore, 1954), and A’s (Philadelphia to Kansas City, 1955) had recently done.  When neither Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, or even MLB Commissioner Ford Frick, could be convinced by the opportunity, Shea and team moved on to an even bolder plan –  an entirely new third major league, with a New York franchise as its crown jewel. Financial backers from not only New York, but also eager expansionists in Houston, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Denver, Toronto, Atlanta, Dallas-Ft. Worth, and Buffalo joined in the effort – christened the “Continental League” – and recruited longtime pioneering baseball executive Branch Rickey to do the collective’s bidding.  In preparation for an inaugural 1961 start, Rickey immediately preached the virtues of parity, and outlined a business plan that included TV revenue-sharing, equally accessible player pools, and solid pension plans; properly executed, it would take less than four years for the new league to be a credible equal of the National and American Leagues.  His plan: poach a few established big-league stars, and supplement rosters with young talent from a dedicated farm system that would quickly ripen into a formidable stream of high-caliber players and, in turn, a quickly competitive “major” third league.  That, plus an aggressive legal attack on MLB’s long-established federal antitrust exemption – designed to force greater player mobility and expanded geographic opportunities. Suddenly pressured, MLB owners surprisingly responded in the summer of 1960 with a hastily crafted plan for expansion, beginning in 1962 with new NL teams in New York (Mets) and Houston (Colt .45s) – undercutting the upstart league’s ownership groups in those cities, and promising additional franchises in the years following.  Within weeks, the Continental League was no more, and the accelerated expansionary future of the modern game was firmly in motion. Original Continental League minor leaguer Russ Buhite (The Continental League: A Personal History) joins host Tim Hanlon to share his first-person account (as a member of the proposed Denver franchise’s Western Carolina League Rutherford County Owls in 1960) of both the build-up to and letdown of the “league that never was” – as well as the broader history of the unwittingly influential circuit that changed the economic landscape of modern-day Major League Baseball. Thanks Audible, Podfly and SportsHistoryCollectibles.com for your sponsorship of this week’s episode!

Joe Morgan was signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1962. Early in his career, Morgan had trouble with his swing because he kept his back elbow down too low. Teammate Nellie Fox suggested to Joe that while at the plate he should flap his back arm like a chicken to keep his elbow up. Morgan followed the advice, and his flapping arm became a familiar sight to baseball fans.Although Morgan played with distinction with Houston, the Astros wanted more power in their lineup. As a result, they traded Morgan to the Cincinnati Reds as part of a blockbuster multi-player deal on November 29, 1971, announced at baseball's winter meetings. While the Astros got power-hitting Lee May, the deal is now considered one of the most one-sided trades in baseball history. The deal facilitated a shift in Reds team philosophy towards speed over power, with Morgan and outfielder Pete Rose now two central pieces, batting back-to-back. The trade is now referred to, by one author, as the best trade in Reds history. Conversely, it is considered one of the worst, if not the worst, trades in Astros history. Morgan, along with teammates Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Tony Pérez and Dave Concepción, led the Reds to consecutive championships in the World Series. He drove in the winning run in Game 7 of the 1975 World Series, now ranked as one of the great World Series of all time. Morgan was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990 and is currently an Emmy-winning commentator for ESPN television and radio.This episode originally aired September 19, 1987.Smarter Podcasts.com, Delivering Sound Advice.

Host Matt Sammon looks back at the somewhat unpopular '64 Topps set, featuring young Rusty Staub of the Houston Colt .45s in the sweltering Colt Stadium. Follow us on Twitter @WaxAndGumStains