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
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.
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.
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.
beat good guy settles
We know it's a big series, and they know it's a big series. A lot of times you can get to a guy before he settles in. A lot of times that's the only way to beat a good pitcher.
classy respect run
They run a classy organization over there. We have a lot of respect for them.
good guys offense pitching run surprised terribly
They have a good offense, but their pitching is better than prognosticators think. They've got some guys over there that can pitch, and they can run such a good offense at you. I'm not terribly surprised they got off to a good start.
bat free guy home huge last runs saw swinging
Absolutely. Something around 30 home runs and 90-100 RBIs. I know the guy too well. I saw how he was swinging the bat at the end of last season. It was free and easy. He's going to be a huge part of our offense.
bad couple good happen last supposed
That's what we're supposed to do and it's good when we can do it. It's not going to happen like that all the time. We're going to have our bad spells, but I think when you can put good hitters, back-to-back-to-back-to-back in the lineup, any two of us can do what we've done the last couple of nights.
against either fan gets good hitting talking
You're talking about two Cy Young-caliber pitchers. That's about as good as it gets from a fan standpoint, not so good if you're hitting against either one of them.
against either fan gets good hitting talking
You're talking about two Cy Young-caliber pitchers, ... That's about as good as it gets from a fan standpoint, not so good if you're hitting against either one of them.
error felt last margin win
There's a little more margin for error this year. Last year, it felt like we had to win every game. That wasn't a lot of fun.
Devastating. We were going to the World Series.
both equally far qualified teams
As far as who has the edge, it's probably a break-even deal. I think both teams are equally qualified to play in these games.