Baseball Underway: Houston Stadium Is This Year's Star
Baseball Underway: Houston Stadium Is This Year's Star
The shape of things to come in our national sport as the baseball season gets underway. The spanking new Astrodome is the $31.6 million home of the Houston Astros. It's a domed stadium that holds 50,000 fans - in air-conditioned comfort. Fielders have trouble with high-fly balls during the day contests, but research teams promise to solve that problem. In Washington the baseball season becomes official as President Lyndon Johnson throws out the first ball. Houston, Texas Exterior shot of the Astro Dome (Astrodome) Stadium in Houston, Texas. High-Angle Shot baseball fans packed to the top of the stadium. High-Angle Shot - Baseball game going on. High-Angle Shot home team scores a home run and the mechanical score board lights up. Washington DC President Johnson arrives to throw out the first ball. MS A baseball player on top of someone's shoulders taking pictures. MS Vice President Hubert Humphrey standing next to President Lyndon B. Johnson who is getting ready to throw out the first ball of the season. He throws out the ball.