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First there was the Houston Colt 45s. And they sucked.
When Major League Baseball expanded in 1962, they placed franchises in New York and Houston, and it soon became very clear what a mistake that was. The teams not only played poorly on the field, but the past sixty years have proven that the sport of baseball and the world itself would probably be better off had MLB decided to just stick with the status quo.