HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros’ home will get a new name on Jan. 1, becoming Daikin Park under an agreement through the 2039 season the team announced Monday.

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The stadium opened as Enron Field in 2000 as part of a 30-year, $100 million agreement but the name was removed in March 2002 following Enron Corp.’s bankruptcy filing and the ballpark briefly became Astros Field.

It was renamed Minute Maid Park in June 2002 as part of a deal with The Minute Maid Co., a Houston-based subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Co. Then-Astros owner Drayton McLane said at the time the agreement was for 28 years and for more than $100 million.

The new deal is with Daikin Comfort Technologies North America Inc., a subsidiary of Daikin Industries Ltd., which is based in Japan and is a leading air conditioning company.

Minute Maid will remain an Astros partner through 2029, the team said.

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Well this was a weird week for the Seattle Seahawks. The leading tackler was waived and the starting center retired. Just like they planned it as Mike Macdonald quipped.

The NFL stops for no one, so the Seahawks still had to play a game this week, finishing off the season series with the San Francisco 49ers.

And guess what?

They freakin’ won!

For the first time in three years, the Seahawks beat the 49ers with a thrilling 20-17 comeback victory iced by a Geno Smith rushing TD with a very apropos 12 seconds remaining. I don’t care if it came with both Nick Bosa and George Kittle on the sidelines. Beggars can’t be choosers.

Prior to the game, the likelihood for the Seahawks to even make the playoffs was getting pretty low as Seattle had (+540) odds just to make the playoffs according to FanDuel Sportsbook.

Those should rise a bit with the win against San Francisco, but the cards are still stacked against Seattle. Right now, the Seahawks playoff chances aren’t totally dead…it’s probably more accurate to call them “mostly dead” unless they can win the NFC West which FanDuel had at (+1200) odds before kickoff by the way.

However, Seattle can still make a run at this thing. As if this week wasn’t important enough, the Seahawks face their rival and NFC West division leading Arizona Cardinals two out of the next three weeks. I don’t think I need to tell you that they have to win both of them, but they have to win both of them.

For now, let’s enjoy that sweet, sweet victory against the 49ers and hope this is a springboard to a torrid finish to the season.

NFC standings during Week 11

Division Leaders

1. Detroit Lions (9-1)

2. Philadelphia Eagles (8-2)

3. Arizona Cardinals (6-4)

4. Atlanta Falcons (6-5)

Wild Card Teams

5. Minnesota Vikings (8-2)

6. Green Bay Packers (7-3)

7. Washington Commanders (7-4)

Outside Looking In

8. Los Angeles Rams (5-5, 2-1 NFCW)

9. Seattle Seahawks (5-5, 1-2 NFCW, win over SF)

10. San Francisco 49ers (5-5, 1-3 NFCW, loss to SEA)

11. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-6, 4-3 NFC)

12. Chicago Bears (4-6, 2-3 NFC)

13. New Orleans Saints (4-7)

14. Dallas Cowboys (3-6)

15. Carolina Panthers (3-7)

16. New York Giants (2-8)