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
move suck
We're going to have to suck it up and move on. It's not going to be easy.
both close clutch expect gets great pitching series
The pitching has been great on both sides. It's what you expect in the playoffs. When you have a close series like this, it usually comes down to who gets the clutch hits.
battle good position
I think it's a good position to be in because we'd like to get off to a good start, but if we don't, we know we can battle back from it.
compete few gritty guys night
It's night and day. We have very few of the same personnel. We don't have too many established guys, but I think we've got guys that are gritty and compete well with the bat.
homer instead
Fortunately we play here, where it was a homer instead of a double.
gets hits hitters home seems showing stop threat twice whenever
With the hitters we have, we are a threat to hit homers any time. I told Preston to stop showing me up. It seems like whenever I hit a home run, he gets up and hits one twice as far.
career freak giving happen home runs
This will probably never happen to him in his career again, giving up home runs in consecutive games. It's one of those freak things.