Table of Contents Page Chapter Chapter Page Meet the Astros 4 Glory Days 6 Home Turf 12 Dressed for Success 14 We Won 16 Go-To Guys 20 Calling the Shots 24 One Great Day 26 Legend Has It 28 It Really Happened 30 Team Spirit 32 Timeline 34 Fun Facts 36 Talking Baseball 38 Great Debates 40 For the Record 42 Pinpoints 44 Glossary 46 Extra Innings 47 Index 48 ABOUT OUR GLOSSARY In this book there may be several words that you are reading for the first time Some are sports words some are new vocabulary words and some are familiar words that are used in an unusual way All of these words are defined on page 46 Throughout the book sports words appear in bold type Regular vocabulary words appear in bold italic type
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Meet the Astros The city of Houston Texas has grown faster and gone through more changes than almost any other place in America Every year people from all over the world move there for the warm weather and the business opportunities What they all have in common mmon is their baseball team the Astros You can’t call yourself a f a Houstonian unless you call yourself an Astros fan The Astros celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2011 They did not win a championship in their first half century though it was never for a lack of trying No team works harder to put good players on the field and no team has players that love baseball more than the Astros This book tells the story of the Astros Like the city of Houston itself the team has had many exciting moments to go with a few ups and downs Perhaps that is why win or lose se Astros fans always believe a championship is just a year away Houston fans and players celebrate Craig Biggio’s 3,000th hit Biggio was a lifelong Astro playing for the team from 1988 to 2007 5
