HOUSTON — There is nothing geographically logical about New York and Houston being so intertangled in each other’s sporting existence. Houston didn’t even have major league sports until Bud Adams joined the AFL’s “Foolish Club” in 1960 and gave birth to the Oilers. But it is remarkable how often New York has been on the field for a momentous Houston occasion — and vice versa.
Here are a few of the notable ones from through the years.
April 9, 1965
It was the Mets who were the Astros’ twin brother, yes, both forcing the hands of the Lords of Baseball by, first, becoming charter members in the Continental League, which forced expansion, which is how both entered the National League in 1962 — Houston to much greater success than New York, since the Astros finished higher than the Mets in each of the teams’ first six seasons.