Lance Berkman
Lance Berkman
William Lance Berkman, nicknamed "Big Puma", is a former American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseballfor the Houston Astros, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth10 February 1976
CityWaco, TX
deal game legs mind run solid sure swinging turn
I haven't really run on it very much. I have to get my legs back under me. When you go to swinging the bat, that's a different deal because you turn (on the knee). There's some things I want to make sure I'm solid doing in my own mind before I got out there in a game situation.
chances exactly giving guys hits jam kept shot sort themselves
It's was their night. They kept giving themselves chances to score, but a lot of hits were not exactly tattooed. There were seeing-eye grounders and a jam shot and that sort of thing, but give those guys a lot of credit.
definitely favorite hit list moved
It's definitely moved up my list of least favorite ballparks to hit in.
brad great
Brad is a great closer, and we wouldn't have been here without him.
ball expect few given innings rookie rough thrown
I feel like Wandy's thrown the ball really well the whole year, ... I know he's had a few rough starts, but you can't expect a rookie to come up and give the innings he's given us.
bad best career elevates game guy possibly roger season seems seen time
It's really unbelievable. What can you possibly say about it? We're not that bad a team. We don't have that bad an offense. It just seems like every time Roger pitches, the other guy elevates his game. You get the other pitcher's best game of the season -- if not their career -- on that night. I've never seen anything like it.
andy last team won
The better team won last year. They outplayed us. But if we had Andy last year, I think it would be a different story.
best cover double might perfect plays seen sure threw throw turn
Probably one of the best double plays I've seen in my life, ... I thought, 'There's no way we're going to be able to turn this.' I actually thought he might try to throw it home. He pivoted and threw it to second, and I thought, 'Oh, man, I better cover first just in case.' Sure enough, it was a perfect relay.
retire
I think I'll still retire before you will.
love
There's nothing that's going to take away the hurt. Nothing can take it away from any of us. We all feel for him. There's nothing you can say, but we love him.
brother impact locker love means people trouble understanding
I love that guy. He's like my big brother in the game. People have trouble understanding what he means to people in this locker room. His impact is huge.
bats competing downs enjoy games good job last nice putting swinging three ups
We've done a nice job at the plate. There's going to be ups and downs and you just have to try to enjoy the times we're swinging the bats well. The last three games we've done a good job competing and putting up runs.
anybody clubhouse conduct draw example game great guy guys latino standard wealth
Viz is another guy that I think is great with not only the Latino guys but he's also great for guys like me. Anybody can draw on his wealth of experience. They set a standard for the right way to play the game and the right way to conduct yourself in the clubhouse and on the field. Their example is very important.
plays
We've got a logjam out there. We'll see how that plays out.