Released on: May 29, 2008, 8:58 am

Press Release Author: Ashley Hopkins

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team based in
Houston, Texas. The team is in the Central Division of the National League.

Press Release Body: The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team based in
Houston, Texas. The team is in the Central Division of the National League. The
driving force behind the effort to obtain a franchise for Houston was oilman Craig
F. Cullinan, Jr. and Marco A. Perez who had been involved with the Continental
League. On October 17, 1960, Houston was awarded a franchise in the ten-team
National League and was to play in the west division. The team was to be named the
Houston Colt .45s, in honor of The Gun That Won the West, with Craig F. Cullinan,
Jr. the team\'s first president. On April 9, 1965, the Houston Colt .45s became the
Houston Astros , to show support for
the space program based in Houston, and inaugurated indoor baseball in the Astrodome
with a 2-1 exhibition win over the New York Yankees on April 9 in the Astrodome.
The Houston Astros , as a major team,
have fan all over the world. Automatically, those fans are always following Astros news through Media and through
internet. For that sake, sites like Astrosportal.com are found, and they tend to
satisfy the eagerness of those hot fans and provide them with the latest news about
their teams. Moreover, by using the site the fans will have the chance to give their
say through Astros blog . Now the
Red fans have an appropriate place where to hear about their team and share their
views with others, with whom they share one desire. It's that of loving Baseball and
specifically that of loving the same team.




Ashley Hopkins
Public Relations
4014 4th street,
Santa Monica 90404, CA
800 557 9757
http://www.Astrosportal.com/



Web Site: http://www.Astrosportal.com

Contact Details:

Ashley Hopkins
Public Relations
4014 4th street,
Santa Monica 90404, CA
800 557 9757
http://www.Astrosportal.com/