-Just talk me through a couple things.
First of all, you´ve been in the major leagues for how long?
-13 years. -Yeah.
-Yeah. [ Audience cheers ]
-First World Series. -Winning it.
-Winning it. -It´s about time!
-I know. -Yeah, yeah. Right, right.
Thank you. -That´s what I´m saying.
-I mean, how -- how does it -- how do -- you just got traded.
You were in Detroit for forever, and for a long time.
-Yeah. So, yes, so, mostly of 13 years,
and then I got the call that -- that I was traded,
and I needed to say "okay" and --
-40 minutes before the trade --
-40 minutes before the trade deadline, which is at midnight.
-Did you -- Did you have any other options or were...
-It was -- It was the Astros.
They said, "You -- You have to commit to this,"
and, basically -- -Or what?
Or your career´s over? -Or stay with Detroit.
-Dead. -Yeah, exactly.
-"Do it, or you´re dead."
-Probably not make it to the World Series.
We´ll just -- you know... -Yeah, yeah, sure.
And you just said -- Did you help?
Did you -- You must have.
-We had -- We debated a lot. -Yeah.
-Yeah, we went back and forth a lot.
Like, everyone always talks about the baseball decision,
but not everyone thinks about the emotional decision and --
-The life decision. -Exactly.
-Our whole lives were in Detroit.
-And, you know like, the next day, we´re moving to Houston,
whatever decision we make. -Which was just hit by Harvey.
-Yeah. -Ohh. Gosh. I mean...
-So, yeah, the next day,
we actually couldn´t even move to Houston
because the airports weren´t open yet
because of Hurricane Harvey. -Mm-hmm.
-Well, that made it even more emotional
to watch that World Series
because of all the great people of Houston
and what just happened to them,
but, also, this is the first time in franchise history
that -- that you won. -Yeah.
-Also, it´s just good to see young people in love, so...
[ Laughter ] [ Cheers and applause ]
It´s just -- It is great. -Oh!
-I mean that -- I don´t know how --
so -- so you -- you win the World Series,
and it´s great, and then the parade happens,
and you -- you can´t go to the parade
because, in a great excuse, you guys got married.
-Yeah. -Pretty good excuse.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-So, what happened with this? Did it just --
You just planned it that you were gonna be in Italy,
or where did you... -Yeah, so,
we planned the wedding, you know,
before, obviously, he was traded,
and we´ve been planning this thing.
-Somebody is gonna say you didn´t think
you were gonna make it to the World Series.
[ Laughter ]
-Maybe not. -Well, all right.
You´re hoping for the best.
You´re like, "Ah, let´s just book it."
Yeah. -Yeah.
-And literally, when we´re planning this thing,
we´re -- we´re talking, like, you know, best case scenario,
we go to the World Series.
There´s really literally only one thing
that could throw a huge wrench in all of our plans.
It´s not the World Series.
It´s going to Game 7 of the World Series.
-And guess where we went. -Sure enough.
[ Laughter ] -So you´re sitting there,
Game 7, and your -- all your relatives are in --
-Everybody´s in Italy. Everyone´s at the venue.
We had an event that night, and everyone´s texting us, like,
"Your wedding´s so pretty. Wish you were here."
[ Laughter ] -"Wish you --
Wish you were here."
We got -- We got taken around our wedding via FaceTime,
Like, "Say ´hey´ to Uncle Joe." -Yeah, or, like,
"Hi. Thanks for coming." [ Laughter and applause ]
-That´s the greatest. -Oh.
-Do you ever get superstitious
for anything you do in the stands?
-Yes. It´s really hard, because, you know, in my career,
I have a lot of control,
and whenever I´m watching Justin,
I obviously have zero control,
and I´m just sitting there, hoping for the best.
So then, you end up creating a routine,
´cause you think that you´re helping them.
So, I -- You´re not. -Do you notice, too?
I mean, Justin, do you -- do you ever look in the stands like,
"She´s not sitting there. Like, what´s going on?"
-Yeah. -Not while I´m pitching.
I actually made her in --
at Dodger Stadium in the World Series,
she had some really awesome seats
that were, like, right next to our dugout,
and I said, "Honey, you can´t sit there."
[ Laughter ]
-You´ve got to move to the nosebleeds.
-That´s just -- That´s gonna distract me.
-Yeah, exactly. Yeah. They cut to you.
It was at the end of Game 7, just to see you in the crowd,
and I just saw you sitting there,
and you´re just like -- just -- I don´t --
just so nervous and excited for him, and it was like...
-Yeah. -...it was just so cool,
´cause I -- you know, I know you.
I don´t know you that well, but I could tell, like,
you´re so proud of him, and it was just great.
How did he propose? I know, to put you on the spot.
-Whoa. [ Laughter ]
-Come on. You can -- -What a transition! No.
-You can give me the scoop. You can give me the scoop.
-Yeah. No, I mean, it was this great, elaborate proposal,
and... [ Laughter ]
He´s very romantic.
-Yeah. He won the World Series -- big deal.
-Yeah. -Like, every guy does that.
Yeah. -But he gets down on one knee,
and he pops open the ring box,
and in my mind, I was like, "Don´t look at the ring.
He´s gonna think you´re materialistic.
Just look in his eyes. Listen to what he´s saying.
Listen. You´re not listening, Kate!"
This is my internal dialogue.
And then, finally, I was like,
"He stopped talking. Just say ´yes´!"
And he´s -- I said "yes,"
and he stands up, and he was like,
"Do you not like the ring? You didn´t look at it once."
[ Laughter ]
-That is so you. -I was like, "I love it!"
-"No, I love the ring and you, but I´m not material!"
-Yeah. I was trying to be in the moment.
I wasn´t!
-I´m so happy for you guys, doubly,
and, yeah, I´m just -- congratulations,
and please come back, and I hope to see you both.
-Thank you so much. -I´m so happy for you guys.
-Thank you. -Congratulations.
-Thank you. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Justin Verlander and Kate Upton, everybody!