Houston Colt .45s Season Opener (1963)

Duration: 1:45

Year Published: 1963

Sound: sound

Description: This news segment for Houston’s KPRC-TV, broadcast on April 9, 1963, reporter Lee Tucker assesses the scene at a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Houston Colt .45’s at Colt Stadium on April 8, 1963. The game was the Colt .45s’ first home game of the season. The Giants won 9–2. Now known as the Houston Astros, the Colt .45s were established in 1962. The team changed its name three years later when it moved into the Astrodome.