One of the first Puerto Rican players to break through in Major League Baseball, Mantilla was signed ... from Fenway Park to the pitcher-friendly Astrodome. He never played another professional ...

Paul Skenes most certainly lived up to the hype and then some. The 22-year-old Pittsburgh Pirates ace showed up as advertised ...

New York Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca, left, congratulates closer Billy Wagner by patting him on the cap after the Mets 4-3 win over the New York Yankees in 2006. Billy Wagner was unhittable as a pitcher ...

1966 — Ted Williams, longtime star of the Boston Red Sox, is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame ... A regular-season record 52,693 fans attend the game at the Houston Astrodome. 1970 — Cincinnati’s ...

One of the first Puerto Rican players to break through in Major League Baseball, Mantilla was signed ... from Fenway Park to the pitcher-friendly Astrodome. He never played another professional ...

He would go on to play six seasons in the MLB before turning to coaching where he would coach the Colt 45’s and Astros from 1964-1965, including their first game in the Astrodome. 1961 - Buffs ...

1966 — Ted Williams, longtime star of the Boston Red Sox, is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame ... 52,693 fans attend the game at the Houston Astrodome. 1970 — Cincinnati’s Tom Van ...

However, in 1965, as the Space City embraced its role as the home of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, and after the Astrodome was built, the team rebranded itself as the Astros. Houston’s other ...

Unlike the Astros and the Rockets, the Texans are not responsible for maintaining the stadium they play in. The Astrodome's history is one reason why.