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
bother great group mentally together tough
We don't give up, we don't let circumstances bother us. I think we have a group of mentally tough guys. We've experienced a lot of disappointment together and we've come back from that and experienced a lot of great things together.
confidence game hopefully last mean obviously pick series seven six sweep tough win won
To win the series we obviously had to win at least one game here. It was big for our confidence, not having won one here last year, to pick up this victory. But that doesn't mean we're going to sweep them when we go home. They're a tough team. This is going to be a long series. I think it's going to go six or seven games. Hopefully we'll come out on top.
certainly expected guys hands last nine nobody paid regroup rest tough win
We weren't going to win the rest of them, ... Nobody expected us to go 9-0 over the last nine games. It would have been nice, but these guys are getting paid to play, just like we are. They're a tough team. We certainly have our hands full. We just have to regroup and come back tomorrow.
against command good great jump tough trying
I think he didn't have great command on what he's trying to do out there. He's been very tough against us, so it was good to jump on him early.
far fifth fourth great production questions
We have a lot of questions as far as our fourth and fifth guys. It's just an unknown. We may get some great production out of there, but you just don't know at this point.
retire
I think I'll still retire before you will.
hoping outfield rehab sure trying
I'm hoping to do as little as possible. I'm sure I'll be doing a lot of rehab and trying to take it easy, not doing as many outfield drills.
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.
squeeze
Squeeze it tight. Get under it and squeeze it tight.
capitalize good mistakes opportunity pitches
You have to be patient, ... He makes a lot of good pitches and doesn't make many mistakes, and when he does make a mistake, you have to capitalize on it. If we get an opportunity to score, we need to do it and not let him off the hook. He's too good for that.
came excited looked sitting zombies
Yeah, they were really excited to see me, ... I came in there and it looked like there were 10 zombies sitting on the couch.
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.
beat gets good guy series settles
We know it's an important series and they know it's important. A lot of times you can get to a guy before he settles in and gets his good control. A lot of times that's how you beat a good pitcher, get to him early.
beat gets good guy series settles
We know it's an important series and they know it's important, ... A lot of times, you can get to a guy before he settles in and gets his good control. A lot of times, that's how you beat a good pitcher, get to him early.