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What was the first name of the Houston club? It wasn't the Astros. It was the Colt .45s. A lot of guys now will say Colt 45 is a beer. But it was also a pistol, and it went right with Texas.

— Pat Gillick

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

In Houston everyone owns guns and uses 'em - sometimes just for the hell of it.

— Shelley Duvall

The first thing about Houston is it's an organization run from a different perspective. In Cincy, the team lives off money it earns from football. Houston's owner has other business interests, and he controls the money.

— Johnathan Joseph

Dick Moss, my agent. Dick became my agent in 1979 when I signed my contract with the Houston Astros.

— Nolan Ryan

I never had naming rights at Texas Stadium.

— Jerry Jones

First of all, I'm so glad that the city of Houston has a football team again. They have such great fans. I'm really happy for the people of Houston because they deserve a football team.

— Earl Campbell

My first ball I ever got from a Big League player I actually got to purchase in Dodger Stadium in a silent auction, was Reggie Jackson.

— Pedro Martinez

And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali.

— Wilt Chamberlain

In Tulsa, it was sports or nothing.

— Bill Hader

✗Opposing Perspectives

There was no club but the Hells Angels as far as I was concerned.

— Chuck Zito

I still have very close ties to Houston and the Astros because that was my first team.

— Joe Morgan