FIRST,
FIRST, OUR QUESTION OF THE NIGHT AS WE WAIT FOR THE TEXANS
AND COWBOYS TO WRAP UP.
PROVIDED THE ASTROS BEAT THE
INDIANS, WHICH TEAM WOULD YOU
RATHER FACE IN THE NEXT ROUND?
BOSTON RED SOX, OR NEW YORK
YANKEES?
YANKEES?
YANKEES? TO VOTE, HAD UP H OU.COM, OR GO
TO THE APP TO BE A PART OF THE
SHOW.
SHOW.
SHOW. ALSO, WE ARE TALKING MR.
CLUTCH.
CLUTCH.
CLUTCH. NOT THE BEAR, WE ARE TALKING
THE ASTROS MR. CLUTCH ALEX
BREGMAN.
BREGMAN.
BREGMAN. THIS DUDE HAS BEEN A BEAR THE
SEASON.
SEASON.
SEASON. IS HE THE MOST CLUTCH PLAYER
STILL PLAYING?
STILL PLAYING? OUR FORMER BIG-LEAGUE SCALP IS
WEIGHING IN, AND THE STORY FROM
CLEVELAND TO SIGN TOMORROW'S
GAME THREE, HERE IS THE ASTROS
ON THE GRASS.
THE HELP OF JOSE ALTUVE A IT IS
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS ON THE
MIGHT OF OUR MATT MOUSSEAU.
>> Reporter: GREETINGS FROM
CLEVELAND, IT HAS BEEN AN
OVERCAST BODY DAY UP HERE.
TOMORROW'S FORECAST CALLS FOR A
LOT OF SUNSHINE FOR GAME THREE
OF THE ALDS.
THE ASTROS WENT THROUGH A LIGHT
WORKOUT HERE AT PROGRESSIVE
FIELD ON SUNDAY.
IT WAS A VOLUNTARY WORKOUT, BUT
NONE OF THE CHAMPS WANTED TO
MISS THIS.
MISS THIS. >> FOR IS, IT IS GO PLAY THE
GAME, AND ENJOY THE DAY.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE POSITION
WE ARE IN.
WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS.
>> Reporter: LAST YEAR'S LEAGUE
MVP HAD TROUBLE WITH HIS RIGHT
KNEE.
KNEE.
KNEE. HE
KNEE. HE SAYS IT IS FEELING BETTER.
HE WILL BE IN THE LINEUP ON
MONDAY.
MONDAY.
MONDAY. >> WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING ALL
YEAR LONG TO BE IN THE
SITUATION WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW.
YOU WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND
TRY TO WIN AS MANY GAMES AS
POSSIBLE, AND ADVANCED TO THE
NEXT SERIES.
NEXT SERIES. I WANT TO BE PART OF THE
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, NOTHING
IS GOING TO GET ME OUT OF THE
FIELD.
FIELD.
FIELD. >>
FIELD. >> Reporter: AS FOR ASTROS
STARTER, DALLAS KEUCHEL, HE
KNOWS WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO,
STILL, ESPECIALLY WITH THE
INDIANS.
INDIANS.
INDIANS. I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO
WHAT OUR STARTERS, AND OUR
BULLPEN HAVE DONE FOR THE FIRST
TWO GAMES, JUST COME OUT AND
ATTACK THE ZONE, AND PUT THEM
ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE.
>> Reporter: IF HE CAN MATCH
WITH THE LANDER AND COLD IT IN
THE FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE
SERIES, THOSE SHOULD BE WELL ON
THEIR WAY TO THE A LCS FOR THE
SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR.
I AM STILL AMAZED AT THIS POEM
CLEAN THE -- POTENT CLEVELAND
LINEUP.
LINEUP.
LINEUP. >> WE ARE ALL THINKING ABOUT
WHO HAS GOT NEXT.
AT THIS POINT, THE RED SOX OR
YANKEES, DO HAVE A PREFERENCE
ON WHOM THE ASTROS WOULD PLAY?
>> Reporter: IT IS INTERESTING
YOU ARE ASKING ABOUT WHO THE
ASTROS SHOULD PLAY NEXT,
EVERYWHERE I GO OVER THE PAST
24 HOURS, EVEN IN THE AIRPORT,
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHO I THINK
THE ASTROS SHOULD TAKE ON THE
ASKED, -- NEXT, THE ASTROS WILL
TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS IF THEY
GET THROUGH THE INDIANS.
I BELIEVE IF YOU FOCUS TOO FAR
AHEAD, YOU WILL LOSE FOCUS ON
THE TASK AT HAND.
THE 1981, I COVERED THE ASTROS
PLAYOFF GAME IN THAT YEAR.
THEY WERE UP TWO GAMES TO NONE
TO THE DODGERS.
YOU HAVE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF
BUSINESS TODAY BEFORE YOU CAN
WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW.
THE ASTROS WERE SO GOOD AT IT
INTO -- IN 2017.
THEY PLAYED EVERY GAME ALL THE
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. AS
WAY. AS A
WAY. AS A RESULT, THEY WON THE WORLD
SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP.
SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY DO THAT, KEEP THE FOCUS
LIKE THAT IN EVERY GAME,
INCLUDING HERE IN THE ALDS,
THEY WILL WIN ANOTHER TITLE IN
2018.
2018.
2018. >>
2018. >> BACK NOW WITH SETH PAIN FROM
SPORTS RADIO.
SPORTS RADIO. >> I AM AT YOUR SERVICE.
>> AND JEREMY BOOTH.
BEFORE THE SEASON, WE THOUGHT
CLEVELAND WOULD BE THE BIGGEST
HURDLE.
HURDLE.
HURDLE. NOW BEING UP 2-0, WHAT DOES IT
SAY ABOUT THIS ASTROS TEAM?
>> AJ HINCH IS GOING TO TELL
YOU TO HOLD YOUR HORSES.
THEY HAVE GOT CHALLENGES AHEAD
OF THEM.
OF THEM.
OF THEM. THIS TEAM LEARNED ITS LESSONS
FROM THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR.
THEY LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF PROS.
IT IS IMPRESSIVE.
>> WE HAVE TALKED ALL SEASON
ABOUT THIS TEAM, HOW MUCH
BETTER THEY ARE, WHAT THEY CAN
DO, WHERE THEY CAN GO, AND IN
SEPTEMBER, A CAME TOGETHER IN A
WAY THAT IS UNIQUE.
WHAT YOU ARE SEEING NOW IS A
COMBINATION OF THOSE EFFORTS.
>> WHAT I AM MOST IMPRESSED BY
IS THIS, THIS TEAM DID NOT
REGRESS, IT IS A BETTER THAN IT
WAS LAST YEAR. GRANTED, IT IS
ONLY A COUPLE OF GAMES, BUT HOW
MANY TIMES HAVE WE SEEN CLUBS
THAT FADED THE YEAR AFTER
WINNING A WORLD SERIES. THERE
WERE SOME TOUGH STRETCHES, AND
INCONSISTENCIES WITH THE
HEADING, BUT OVERALL, THIS WAS
A BETTER TEAM ON PAPER, AND IT
TURNED OUT TO BE A BETTER TEAM
ON THE FIELD.
>> YOU LOOK AT CHANGES, HOW IS
THIS TEAM DIFFERENT, IT WAS NOT
THE MARQUIS VERLANDERMOVES,
LAST YEAR YOU HAD. ALL OF THESE
GUYS ARE CONTRIBUTING RIGHT
NOW, AND MAKING IT A WELL-
ROUNDED TEAM THAN IT WAS LAST
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. >>
YEAR. >> AJ HINCH HAS GOT HIS CORE
FROM LAST YEAR.
HE BROUGHT IN REALLY KEY PIECES.
HE IS STEPPING UP AND WAYS.
>> ALSO, NOW YOU HAVE ALEX
BREGMAN, THE FACE OF THE
FRANCHISE.
FRANCHISE. IS HE THE MOST CLUTCH PLAYER
LEFT PLAYING IN THE POSTSEASON?
>> AT LEAST ON THE ASTROS.
I HATE COMPARING THESE GUYS.
THE FACT THAT HE HAS HIT HIS
SIX HOMERUNS IN THE PLAYOFFS,
VERSUS GUYS WHO ARE ALL HOME
STARS, THE FACT THAT HE GOES UP
TO THE PLATE WAS SUCH A
STRATEGY, WITH SUCH KNOWLEDGE,
AND A GOOD SCOUTING REPORT ON
THESE GUYS, IT IS AMAZING THAT
A GUY THAT IS YOUNG AS HIM AS
THE GUY THAT SETS THE TONE FOR
SO MANY PEOPLE ON THAT TEAM.
>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
HOUSTON ASTROS, YOU THINK ABOUT
ALEX BREGMAN.
ALEX BREGMAN. YOU HAVE GOT SPRINGER WAS SO
MUCH IMPACT, AND KOREA, AND THE
BIG THREE, BUT YOU THINK ABOUT
ALEX BREGMAN WITH HIS CLUB.
HE RISES TO THE OCCASION EVERY
TIME IT IS NEEDED.
WHAT HE DOES, HE HAS TAKEN THE
TEAM, AND HE HAS MADE THEM
THEIR OWN.
THEIR OWN. THEY WILL SAY THAT, AND HE WILL
SAY THAT, BUT HE HAS MADE THEM
HIS CLUB.
HIS CLUB.
HIS CLUB. >> IS HE THE MOST CLUTCH PLAYER
LEFT IN THE POSTSEASON?
>> CHRISTIAN ALEX TO BE IS
PRETTY GOOD.
PRETTY GOOD. HE GOES OUT NIGHT IN AND NIGHT
OUT AND DOESN'T.
HE HAS GOT A REALLY GOOD CHANCE
OF WINNING THE MP -- MVP IN THE
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE. >> I THINK WHAT IMPRESSES ME
MOST ABOUT BREGMAN IS THAT YOU
WOULD THINK THAT IN A CLUBHOUSE
WITH SOME OF THESE
PERSONALITIES LIKE VERLANDER,
AND ALTUVE A, HE IS BEING
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF. I THINK THAT ALSO ADDS TO WHAT
HE BRINGS TO THE FIELD EVERY
SINGLE DAY.
SINGLE DAY. FOR ME, THE FACT THAT HE CAN BE
HIMSELF, AND PERFORM, I THINK
THOSE TWO HAVE GONE HAND IN
HAND IN THE SECOND POSTSEASON
IN THE BIG LEAGUES.
>> I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING
ABOUT HIM, TO FIND SOMEBODY
THAT IS AS OBSESSIVE ABOUT
DETAILS, BUT IS STILL CAPABLE
OF HAVING FUN AND BEING ONE OF
THE GUYS, GUYS RESPECTED.
LANCE McCULLERS TOLD ME A STORY
ABOUT ALEX BREGMAN, WHEN THEY
ARE FLYING HOME FROM AN AWAY
GAME, HE IS GLUED TO THE TV IN
FRONT OF HIM, WATCHING BASEBALL
ALL THE TIME.
LANCE IS LIKE, YOU ARE WATCHING
THIS ALL THE TIME.
>> ALL OF THE GREATS CARRY THAT.
DEREK JETER, MIKE TROUT, THEY
HAVE THAT OBSESSIVE NATURE THAT
MAKES THEM WHO THEY ARE.
THEIR PERSONALITIES TRANSCEND
THE GAME, AND THAT IS WHAT ALEX
IS.
IS.
IS. >>
IS. >> THE PEOPLE AT HOME OR
BUILDING, NOW IT IS OUR TURN.
WOULD YOU RATHER FACE BOSTON OR
NEW YORK IN THE ALCS?
I KNOW WE ARE GETTING AHEAD OF
OURSELVES.
OURSELVES. GO OVER TO THE BIG BOARD AND
TELL US WHY.
>> I AM GOING TO DO THIS, AS
SCARY AS THOSE YANKEES CAN BE,
I ALSO WANT TO GO AGAINST THE
BOSTON RED SOX.
>> HOLD ON, THAT IS MY BOX.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY POINT.
>> I DID NOT ACTUALLY GRADUATE
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE. LOOK, I AM NOT SCARED OF THE
YANKEES, THEY ARE GREAT AND
ALL, BUT I WANT TO SEE THIS
BULLPEN.
BULLPEN.
BULLPEN. RED SOX FANS HATE THAT BULLPEN.
YOU GET THE FEELING THE RED SOX
THEMSELVES THAT BULLPEN, WE
LOVE THAT BULLPEN, THE ASTROS
DO GOOD THINGS AGAINST THEM.
>> ALL RIGHT, JEREMY, TRY TO
GET IT IN YOUR AREA.
>> I AM HERE IN THE MIDDLE.
FOR ME, BOTH OF THESE CLUBS,
THE ASTROS COMPARE FAVORABLY TO
WHEN THEY GO, ONE IS DANGEROUS
OFTEN SIMPLY, WHAT IS
CONSISTENT OFFENSE OF IN THE
PREACHING.
PREACHING. THE RED SOX LACK IN THE
BULLPEN.
BULLPEN.
BULLPEN. THE OFFICE PITCHING FOR ME
MATCHES UP.
MATCHES UP. THEY ARE A DANGEROUS CLUB, THEY
ARE SWINGING THIS QUITE A BIT.
>> I AM SURPRISED YOU PICK THE
YANKEES.
YANKEES.
YANKEES. I AM GOING TO GO TO THE RED SOX
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. I LOOK AT THAT PITCHING STAFF
THE SALE, AND PRICE, AND HOW
THEY HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE
PRICE -- PLACE.
I THINK THE YANKEES, THOSE
POWER ARMS OUT OF THE BULLPEN,
THAT CAN GIVE ASTROS TROUBLE IN
THE ALCS , AS WE SAW LAST YEAR.
FOR ME, I AM GOING RED SOX.
HOW MANY GAMES DOES THIS ASTROS
SERIES LAST WITH THE INDIANS?
WILL IT BE OVER IN THREE, FOUR,
OR FIVE?
OR FIVE?
OR FIVE? >> I WILL GO WITH THE GENTLEMAN
SUITE, AND SAY IT IS OVER AT
FOUR.
FOUR.
FOUR. >>
FOUR. >> I WILL SAY FOUR.
>> I LIKE FOR AS WELL.
WHENEVER THE ASTROS ARE ON THE
ROAD, THERE IS A PARTY AT HOME
ON MONDAY.
ON MONDAY. THEY ARE HOLDING A FREE LUNCH
PARTY FOR GAME THREE.
DOORS OPEN AT 10:30.
YOU DO NEED A