BREGGY’S BACK! Standing ovation ➡️ Home run for former Astros ⭐️ Alex Bregman in 1st AB vs. Houston!

Here comes Alex Bregman. Alex Bregman. They’ve already had the pregame ceremony, so somewhat antilimactic, but waving his helmet nonetheless at the fans here. Jiren Durant will follow him. Yeah. And a nice job too by Junior Valentine, the home plate umpire. He walked out, threw the ball to Javier, then sort of stood in the grass. Just allowed that moment to be had. Don’t need to rush. You got a pitch timer, pitch clock now. Throw that out. Let him enjoy it. You’re going to have to do the same thing when Koreah comes up to hit for Houston. Alex, at 298, 14 home runs. Very aggressive right out of the shoot out of the Red Sox. This is where the information that Alex can give. Obviously, you know, Javier is going to be throwing a lot of fast balls, but he pounds that zone with a lot of heaters before the Tommy John. You figure it’s going to be the same game plan. and you see the first two hitters to hack it. The 28-year-old is a very big part of Houston’s 2022 World Series team. He was outstanding that year. Has not been quite the same guy since. Obviously, the major injury to the elbow that required Tommy John, but this is a guy who posted a 254 RA, had almost 200 strikeouts in that World Series year. Yeah. No, they’re excited to get him back. They lost him last May. Had a great 2022. 23 not so much. Swinging a high fly ball left field. That ball is deep. Back it goes. And that ball is gone. How about Alex Bregman first at bat returning to Houston and he hits that one into the Crawford boxes. Is that what it’s all about right there? We just saw a ceremony like you said a few minutes before the game. You get the ovation and then you get the 1-1 breaking ball chest high top hand and off the back of the facade for a two-run home run. Alex Bregman, I tell you right now, ball player. Yeah. And they’re not waiting around. You know, Javier had five rehab outings. His last outing, he only went three and two/3. Maybe he goes 85 pitches. You don’t really know what the stuff is like. The slider has been fantastic. And that’s the pitch he just launched. peeking into the camera there and taking a shot for a two-run homer. That Red Sox homer brought to you by Audi. Visit your New England Audi dealer today. The hanger right there. Middle up. And I’m telling you, at this level, you don’t get away with those. You don’t get away with those with guys that can hit. And the cheering stopped just like that. Good to see you again. Now go away. Yeah, he loves hitting at this ballpark. I guess why the swing is perfect, right? Both places kind of shallow to left. You got the green monster, but here pullside power in the air. Got some Red Sox fans cheering. That was his mom and dad swinging a miss by Jiren Durant. His parents are here. I mean, you got a whole crew here, man. And you know what? He was loved here. Two-time World Series champ here for the Astros. And I know that you said it got quite quick. It was like, hey, oh no. Is that a home run? Oh, okay. It’s a down. We were up. his folks are properly dressed. Yeah, it’s one of those weekends. He spent his whole career here. So, he’s walking in the ballpark. He’s going to go talk to the parking guys, attendants, you know, everybody. Security guy outside the clubhouse. That’s those are the people you like. But I can guarantee you when it’s over, he’s going to be like, “Okay, that’s past me.” Right. Because there’s a lot of emotion, a lot of people to see here. Yeah. He was out running his sprints early because you knew that you got to get ready because they’re going to 15 minutes before the game. You got a whole ceremony. You got to say hi and hugs, but it is there’s a lot more that goes into it mentally, but there’s no other dude that knows and loves this game more than Alice Bregman. Two two outside on Duran, but he didn’t hit a little ground ball. He didn’t flare a base hit. He hits a two-run bomb. It’s just like that’s why you love this game as much as we get out. Like we get out a lot. We make right-hand turns. to be able to execute that your first AB. It’s just that’s just stuff you did in the backyard when you were a kid. Yeah. And didn’t you kind of have a notion, maybe not the first at bat. I certainly didn’t think that, but that maybe tonight he would have one of those big nights returning here was going to really infuse him cuz this is special. This is different. Yeah. He did nothing but win here for, you know, seven consecutive trips to the playoffs to the ALCS. Nine years. You know, you’re the first round pick at LSU coming as a short stop. Kareah obviously shortstop. It’s going to be his first game back here, what it is tonight since 2021. But two great stories going on and hopefully Kareah just keeps it down to maybe just, you know, a hard hit ball. Say hi. Nice swing. Yeah.

Alex Bregman spent 9 seasons with the Astros and received a standing ovation in his return on August 11, 2025. Moments later … he homered!

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