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.
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.
ball expect few given innings rookie rough thrown
I feel like Wandy's thrown the ball really well the whole year, ... I know he's had a few rough starts, but you can't expect a rookie to come up and give the innings he's given us.
homer instead
Fortunately we play here, where it was a homer instead of a double.
starting wild win
If we win (the wild card), it's because we have unbelievable starting pitching,
expect game win work
We expect to win that game 99 times out of 100, but it didn't work out tonight.
good goofy hit seem
He's got something goofy on that fastball. You just can't seem to get a good hit on it.
believe great secret seemed watched
He's going to be a great player, ... He probably was a secret to the world, but not to us. We've watched him play, and believe he's going to be an All-Star. Once again, he seemed unfazed by big situations.
almost exhausted nine physical played toll
I almost feel guilty. The physical toll is tremendous. I'm exhausted and I only played nine innings.
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.
amazing focus
He did what he always does. It's amazing that on a day like this that he was able to focus and perform.
absolutely gave needed performance
He did what we needed him to do. We absolutely had to have that performance - and he gave it to us.
move suck
We're going to have to suck it up and move on. It's not going to be easy.
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.