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
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.
chances guess winning
Well, I guess the more chances you give yourself, the better chance you've got of actually winning one,
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.
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.
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.
homer instead
Fortunately we play here, where it was a homer instead of a double.
anybody bit care great matter mom passed pitches
I don't care how he pitches. He's out there and his mom just passed away. If he pitches great or not, it's not going to matter one bit to anybody in here.
deal outfield
I can go to the outfield or play first, it doesn't matter. It's not a big deal to me.
dominate gone guy guys human might next realized
But as I've gone along, I've realized that hey, one at-bat the guy might completely dominate you, but the next time, he might make a mistake. Don't be overawed by one at-bat. See that those guys are human too, and they are going to make mistakes.
addition healthy last might pieces though won
If we had had Pettitte last year, we might have won the World Series. He's that important. He's that valuable. To have him healthy this year, even though we kind of subtracted some pieces offensively, I think the addition of Pettitte cancels those out.
good
If we can get out of here with a split, we'll be in pretty good shape.
bats good hit spring year
I don't feel like I'm on fire, but I'm getting my hits. I still have those at bats when I feel like I'm back in spring training. I'm not complaining, don't get me wrong. If I feel like this all year and hit good that's fine.
couple games obviously win
Obviously being 0-2 is not where you want to be. But at the same time, we play well here and we know that if we win a couple games we're right back in it.
andy last short
Last year, we were probably an Andy Pettitte short of going to the World Series.