Page two of this thread, near the bottom, shows a great cool picture of the old Houston Colt .45 team in their required traveling suits. There are some stories found online and on youtube about the suits and the team being mistaken for a circus act or a western band because they had these matching suits.
http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...=276359&page=2
I just thought y'all might like to see one that's for sale at auction - it belonged to the late Jim Umbricht, who died in 1964 and had the first jersey number retired by the Houston Astros.
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https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/e.../50002-50356.s)
Something else they've put up for auction that I thought you'd get a kick out of seeing is "the" Umbricht retired jersey #32 signed for him by most of the 1963 team while they were at spring training:
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https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1.../50002-50357.s)
These have been privately held by the Umbricht family since Umbricht died after a hard-fought battle with cancer on April 8, 1964. Jim's brother, Ed, who had owned them since his parents passed, didn't want any publicity and didn't really let people know that he had these. They have now passed to Ed's children. The jersey and suit were rarely discussed, never celebrated, and have never been on public display. But they finally decided and hope that it will be better in the hands of someone who would appreciate them (or maybe even display them proudly) rather than keep them in protective storage with the family.
Anyway, the auctions close in about three weeks, and I wanted to put these out there so you could see them before they're gone into some private collection forever. I'm NOT posting to "market" these, but thought the pic of the jersey was cool.
If you have any questions, I'm in contact with the family and may be able to get some answers. Just send me a PM...