What Houston’s baseball team first called?

Today’s question: The Houston franchise joined the Major Leagues in 1962 as did the New York Mets. What was the Houston team called?

Yesterday’s question and answer: Affirmed won the triple crown in 1978, beating the same horse in each of the three races. Which horse came in second each race? The answer is Alydar: Alydar won two out of six races against Affirmed when they were 2 year olds. Alydar would make a better sire than Affirmed. Alydar would sire Kentucky Derby winners Alysheba (1987) and Strike the Gold (1991). Affirmed’s offspring prefered turf races like Eclipse winner Flawlessly.

This story was originally published May 8, 2016 at 1:00 AM with the headline "What Houston’s baseball team first called?."