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
difference run starters team three tremendous
It makes a tremendous difference when you have three top-of-the-line starters you can run at a team like the Cardinals.
against competing enjoy hate intense mutual rivalry
It may not be intense in the stands, but it's intense on the field. It's not a rivalry of hatred. It's a rivalry of mutual respect. We enjoy competing against these guys.
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.
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.
nice names uniforms
They were chanting my name, but I don't know why. My name is on the back of my uniform. So, it's nice to know they can read.
fun winning errors
Theres a little more margin for error this year. Last year, it felt like we had to win every game. That wasnt a lot of fun.
houston world firsts
Its unbelievable, I cant even describe it. To be a big part of bringing the World Series the first World Series ever to Houston is just tremendous.
nine tolls exhausted
I almost feel guilty. The physical toll is tremendous. Im exhausted and I only played nine innings.
funny softball atmosphere
It is, ... kind of a softball atmosphere out there.
running games way
One-run games can go either way, and most of the time they do.
play careers games
I want to play every game of my career in an Astros uniform.
running home balls
The mark of a good hitter is someone who hits the ball hard, often. And if you run into a few home runs, that's fine.
baseball games play
God has given me a lot of ability to play the game of baseball.
play league bigs
When I started to play consistently and produce consistently, that's when I knew that I could compete and do well in the big leagues.