FRIDAY WILL BE INCREDIBLE.
I'M SO HAPPY.
>>> THAT IS CRAIG BIGGIO.
HERE IS THE GREETING AT BUSH.
HOW ABOUT THAT.
THAT IS A WAY TO GREET A
CHAMPION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE AERIAL HOSES ARE POURING
WATER.
YOU KNOW THE PLAYERS ARE
WATCHING THIS AND REALIZING THE
HOME COMING THERE ABOUT TO GET
FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
>> THEY WILL GET ON A BUS AND
HEAD DOWN TO THE STADIUM, WE
UNDERSTAND.
CORRECT?
>> I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> THEY WILL GET ON THE CHARTER
BUS, TYPICAL LIKE A ROAD TRIP,
AND GO TO CONGRESS, OFF THE
BACKSIDE OF MINUTE MAID.
PHIL ARCHER IS THERE AND FAN
ALSO BE GREETING THEM AS THEY
ROLL BACK.
ALL THE CARS ARE THERE.
IT WILL RECONVENE FOR THE BIG
PARADE.
>> THE LIVE PARADE IS AT 2:00.
DOWNTOWN STARTS NEAR CITY HALL
AND WINDS OVER A FOUR OR FIVE
BLOCK AREA.
500,000 PEOPLE.
>> THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE
EXPECTING.
THEY ARE TELLING PEOPLE TO GET
THERE EARLY.
GO TO OUR WHITE AND GET THERE
EARLY.
>> SOMEONE WILL WALK OFF THE
PLANE.
WE WILL GET THAT AT 10:00.
SOMEBODY WILL BE HOLDING THE
TROPHY UP.
WHEN THEY WALK OFF THE PLANE,
EVERYBODY WANTS TO TAKE A LOOK.
WHAT A SCENE.
>>ABSOLUTELY.
YOU GOT BACK WHAT TIME?
>> ABOUT 1:00.
WE LEFT ABOUT7:40.
THEY DIDN'T LEAVE UNTIL 10 TO
11 PACIFIC.
I THINK THEY HAD A LATE NIGHT.
>> BET THEY DIDN'T SLEEP.
>> MAY HAVE GOTTEN CHAMPAGNE
ALL OVER YOU.
>> YOU COULD TELL I WAS
DRENCHED AFTER I LEFT THE
CLUBHOUSE BUT IT IS FUN.
WHEN THE CHAMPAGNE IS FLOWING,
IT IS TINY.
WE WERE ELBOW TO ELBOW.
A LOT OF FUN.
I WAS SMELLING LIKE IT.
>> I BET SO
>> EXITING FROM THE FRONT AND
BACK.
>>> LET'S GO DOWN TO RYAN
KORSGARD.
>> RYAN KORSGARD IS ON THE
GROUND.
>> WHAT A SIGHT THAT WAS AS
THEY CAME PAST THE FIRE TRUCKS.
NOW THEY ARE OPENING THE DOOR
ON THE SPECIAL CHARTER FLIGHT
COMING IN FROM LOS ANGELES.
THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE GETTING
OFF THE PLANE, WALK TO THE
BUSES AND HEAD TO MINUTE MAID.
LOOKING RIGHT I CAN SEE HOUSTON
POLICE OFFICERS ARE WAITING.
MOTORCYCLES ARE READY.
THEY HAVE AN S.U.V. FIRED UP TO
ESCORT THE PLAYERS, FAMILIES
AND STAFF BACK TO MINUTE MAID.
ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CHIEFS
ALLUDED SAYING THERE WAS A PLAN
TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR THIS.
HE WOULD NOT ELABORATE.
WE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE A
VICTORY CELEBRATION OR NOT.
HERE YOU SEE THE FIRST PLAYERS
GETTING OFF OF THIS FLIGHT.
A.J. HINCH IS GETTING OFF
LEADING HIS CREW OFF HIS
CHARTER FLIGHT.
THEY WILL WALK OVER TO THE
BUSES NEARBY, HELPING THEIR
FAMILIES OFF.
THEY WILL HEAD FOR MINUTE MAID
PARK.
>>> STAND BY.
WE HAVE RANDY HERE.
>>> FIRST ONE OFF WAS A.J.
HINCH AND AARON AND THEIR
DAUGHTERS.
THEY WERE THE FIRST OFF.
>> WATCH THERE.
WATCH YOUR STEP.
>> TEXTING WHILE WALKING DOWN
THE STAIR
>> THIS IS TEAM PERSONNEL REED
RYAN.
HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH
HIM.
WE JUST RAN THAT.
>> THAT WAS A GOOD INTERVIEW.
>> PLAYERS WILL FOLLOW.
THERE IS CAVELL, AROUND THIS
ORGANIZATION MANY YEARS.
I'M WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO
BRING OUT THE TROPHY.
YOU ALWAYS GET THAT PROVERBIAL
--
>> WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT.
PLAYERS HAVEN'T STARTED COMING
OUT.
THEY MAY BE THE ONES TO BRING
THAT.
>> THEY HAVE THEIR PHONES OUT,
RECORDING THIS MOMENT AS
HOUSTON WELCOMES THEM.
THIS IS A TINY PART.
MORE AT 10:00 AND THE CITY WIDE
CELEBRATION TOMORROW.
>> TOMORROW WILL BE A HUGE DAY
FOR THE CITY.
H.I.S.D. RELEASING THE
STUDENTS, LETTING THEM BE FREE
TO CELEBRATE.
>> WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE
OTHERS.
THERE GOES A YOUNG MAN.
>> THAT IS JEFF LUNO AT THE TOP.
HE IS THE ARCHITECT OF THE
REBUILD AFTER THEY GUTTED
THINGS OUT ABOUT THREE YEARS
AGO GO AFTER THEY LOST 11 GAMES.
HE STUCK WITH THE PLAN.
CAN'T TELL WHO IS BEHIND HIM.
STILL LOOKING FOR PLAYERS.
THEY WILL BE FOLLOWING.
THIS IS STAFF AND FAMILY THAT
MADE THE TRIP OUT TO CALIFORNIA.
>>> SOME OF THE TEAM MEMBERS
ARE COMING.
THIS IS FROM SKY2.
>>> THERE ARE SOME THERE.
WHEN WE CAN ZOOM IN WE WILL
CHECK OUT WHO THEY ARE
>> THEY LOOK NICE.
VERY BUSINESS CASUAL.
>> DRESSEFOR THE OCCASION.
THEY KNEW THEY WOULD BE ON TV.
>> DID FRANK SAY IT WOULD BE
LIKE THIS?
>> RANDY, IT WAS REALLY DRY OUT
THERE.
THOUGH IT WAS WARM ISH.
>> IT WASN'T THAT BAD LAST
COUPLE NIGHTS.
UPPER 60s.
PERFECT CONDITIONS.
IT WASN'T BAD AT ALL.
>> THERE IS GATTIS.
YOU CAN'T MISS HIS BEARD.
WE TALKED TO HIM IN THE
CLUBHOUSE.
HE WAS EMOTIONAL TOO.
GEORGE SPRINGER AND THE TROPHY.
>> MVP OF THE 2017 WORLD
SERIESS WITH THE TEAM TROPHY,
BRINGING IT DOWN.
>> WHAT A STORY.
>> VERY FITTING HE GETS TO
CARRY IT DOWN BEING THE MVP.
>> WE WERE DISCUSSING THE
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED COVER, NOT
ONLY DID THEY CALL IT BUT HAD
GEORGE ON THE COVER, WHO TURNS
OUT --
>> THEY ARE SAYING IT COULD BE
A REPEAT.
>> THEY ARE BUILT TO WIN NOW.
THEY WILL BE THE PLAYOFF
CONTENDER FOR THE NEXT FEW
YEARS.
THEY ARE YOUNG.
THIS IS A YOUNG TEAM.
THEY HAVE ADDED PIECES.
A LOT MORE.
THEY BOLSTERED THAT BULLPEN
MORE, WHICH THEY WILL DO, IT
WILL BE A DANGEROUS TEAM.
>> QUICK PROGRAMMING NOTE,
NORMALLY WE WOULD BE THERE
GETTING READY FOR ENTERTAINMENT
TONIGHT TO BEGIN BUT WE WILL
ROLL THROUGH THAT FOR A WHILE
AS WE WATCH OUR ASTROS RETURN
TO H-TOWN.
>> MARWIN GONZALEZ HERE.
>> A FAMILY AFFAIR, ISN'T IT?
>> LOOKS LIKE I BELIEVE KEN
GILES, THE CLOSER COMING OFF.
HOLDING HIS CHILD.
>> LOTS OF KIDS.
>> THERE IS CARLOS CORREA.
I BELIEVE HE IS WAVING.
THE FIANC
>> NEWLY ENGAGED.
>> LISTING TO HER LEFT SIDE.
>> WHOOPS.
>> BREAKING THE MIC.
>> THAT WAS A COOL STORY WITH
CARLOS.
WE GOT TO INTERVIEW HIM ON THE
FIELD.
SHE WAS TAKEN BACK.
HER HAND WAS SHAKING.
>> SHE WAS.
>> THAT MCCULLERS.
HIS WIFE.
>> CHARLIE MORTON, WHO I THINK
HE WAS THE UNSUNG HERO.
HE STEPPED UP WITH FOUR IN, AND
A GREAT PLAYOFFRUN.
>> A HAPPY FLIGHT.
COULD HAVE BEEN THE OTHER WAY
BUT GOOD THING IT WAS NOT.
>> BRAPEACOCK.
>> LOU.
>> A LOT OF BABIES IN TOW.
>> YOUNG TEAM THAT MAY BE JUST
STARTING FAMILIES.
HOUSTON ASTROS ORANGE HULA
SKIRT.
>> I LIKE THAT.
BET WE WILL SEE A LOT OF THOS
TOMORROW.
>> SHE IS DOING HER BUST A MOVE
ON THE TARMAC.
>> WEWILL SEE EMOTION FROM
FOLKS WHO LINED THE STREETS BUT
I THINK WE WILL HEAR FROM
PLAYERS AS WELL.
THAT WAS CARLOS BELTRAN THAT
JUST WALKED BY.
WHAT AN ADDITION HE WAS TO
RETURN AND HELP THE YOUNG GUYS
IN THAT CLUBHOUSE.
>> I WAS ASKED TO WRITE A
COMMENTARY ABOUT THE TEAM.
IF YOU DO NOT MIND, I WILL READ
THAT.
WE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK FIRST?