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
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.
chances exactly giving guys hits jam kept shot sort themselves
It's was their night. They kept giving themselves chances to score, but a lot of hits were not exactly tattooed. There were seeing-eye grounders and a jam shot and that sort of thing, but give those guys a lot of credit.
anybody expect goes great human throw
It just goes to show you that anybody can have an off night. He is just a great performer, and you expect him to throw well. At the same time, he's a human being, too.
difference run starters team three tremendous
It makes a tremendous difference when you have three top-of-the-line starters you can run at a team like the Cardinals.
against competing enjoy hate intense mutual rivalry
It may not be intense in the stands, but it's intense on the field. It's not a rivalry of hatred. It's a rivalry of mutual respect. We enjoy competing against these guys.
high
It was devastating. We thought we were going to the World Series. We were there. Obviously, it was a high to a low, and it wasn't much fun.
hit needed pitch
It's a combination of things. We just haven't been able to come up with the big hit or the big pitch when we needed it.
ballpark certainly doubt favorable good kinds
It's a good place to hit, there's no doubt about that. I don't make too much of those kinds of things, but it's certainly a ballpark that is more favorable for the hitters.
played
I've never played in that ballpark. It's going to be fun.
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.
good hit standing top
That's really as good as I can hit that pitch, and the guy's standing on top of first base,
everybody hitters nobody talk thinks throwing wants
Everybody wants to talk about the hitters being juiced. Nobody even really thinks about the pitchers. Before, they were throwing 95 mph, but now they're throwing 90. It's going to be a whole different feel.
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.
It's one of those anomalies. I couldn't tell you what's going on.