"I want to end with saying one thing," Bregman told ESPN's Scott Van Pelt in an interview during the team's locker-room celebration after an11-3 winsealed a return trip to the ALCS. "Does Floyd Mayweather fight the first fight of the night, or is he the main event? I mean, does Tiger Woods tee off at 8 a.m.?
"It's about time the 'show 'Stros' play on prime-time television, so we're looking forward to the ALCS."
Major League Baseball, which sets the postseason schedule, had all three games of the Indians-Astros series during the day, with first pitch at 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. ET.
"I got a sunburn today," Bregman told other reporters Monday. "I'm not happy."
Bregman went 5-for-9 in the sweep of the Indians, hitting two of the Astros' eight home runs while driving in four runs.
The Astros face the winner of the New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox series in the ALCS.
No team has repeated as World Series champion since the Yankees won three in a row from 1998 through 2000.
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