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Houston: Plaza at Minute Maid Park - Jeff Bagwell, A bronze…
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18 years ago this week Minute Maid Park opened for business
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Third Base to Center Field at Minute Maid Park -- Houston,…
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Houston Astros - #TBT to when the Astros hosted the first-ever Opening Day at Minute Maid Park (then Enron Field) on April 7, 2000 and fell 4-1 to the Philadelphia Phillies before
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Historic home in Minute Maid Park's shadow on the move — again
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Historic house moving to make way for Astros' mixed-use project - Houston Business Journal
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Jose Altuve - Houston Astros Second Baseman - ESPN
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Houston, Texas August, 2001: Enron Field in downtown Houston, home of the Houston Astros Major League Baseball team. (note: stadium's name changed to Minute Maid Park in 2002 after Enron's bankruptcy) ©Bob