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MLB·Updated Oct 16, 2026Where every MLB team name came from, all 30. An insult, a livestock show, a New York political machine, eight statues on a bridge, Brooklyn's trolleys and a contest winner who vanished. Plus which names came from newspapers, fans and owners.
Roof StatusThe Daikin Park roof is closed for the vast majority of Houston Astros home games in 2026. The retractable roof stays shut through the brutal Houston summer, and the Astros only open it on the cool, dry evenings of early spring and late fall. Heat, humidity, and rain risk keep the roof down by default for most of the schedule. For today's Astros home game roof status at Daikin Park, the fastest sources are:
MLB·Updated Oct 15, 2026The Houston Astros run five uniforms in 2026 — home whites, road grays, the orange alternate, the navy alternate, and the white 'Stros' City Connect. Here's every jersey, when they wear it, and why the navy 'Space City' kit is gone.
RankedThe Astros run a five-jersey rotation in 2026 built entirely around navy and orange, and it is a solid, cohesive closet without a single weak identity in it. It is also a closet without a real showstopper. Every one of these looks is somewhere between fine and good, nothing is offensive, and nothing quite breaks into the A tier for us either. The headline change is the City Connect: the beloved all-navy "Space City" kit is gone, retired
Four MLB retractable roof stadiums host July 4th, 2026 games. Expected roof status for the Rangers, Astros, Mariners, and Diamondbacks, plus the full 15-game holiday schedule.