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
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.
ahead chances double figure game good hanging late missed trying
We had some chances and I'm still trying to figure out why I missed that hanging curveball (in a sixth-inning strikeout). The double late in the game was good but that wasn't the story. We should have been ahead before that.
advantage baseball league major trying
I don't think Major League Baseball should have the right to tell us about the roof. They're trying to take the home-field advantage from us. I don't think that's right.
against definitely expect half last playing saw second series spent team time trying
It's definitely a more even series than a 100-win team against an 89-win team. A big part of their second half was spent just trying not to get hurt. They weren't playing for anything. They had such a big lead. I expect them to be different than the last time we saw them.
against definitely expect half last playing saw second series spent team time trying
It's definitely a more even series than a 100-win team against an 89-win team, ... A big part of their second half was spent just trying not to get hurt. They weren't playing for anything. They had such a big lead. I expect them to be different than the last time we saw them.
base hit nice trying
I was just trying to get a base hit. I don't hit very many of those right-handed, so it was pretty nice to get that one.
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.
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.
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.
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.