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
bore coming full last result soon start sure
This is probably the result of coming back too soon last year. I'm sure that I'm not going to be going full bore at the start (of camp). I'll be working my way back into it.
chance point three win
I think we had a chance to win all three games. We just didn't do it. You could point to those situations, but they had a lot of those situations, too.
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.
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.
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.
starting wild win
If we win (the wild card), it's because we have unbelievable starting pitching,
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.
almost exhausted nine physical played toll
I almost feel guilty. The physical toll is tremendous. I'm exhausted and I only played nine innings.
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.
expect game win work
We expect to win that game 99 times out of 100, but it didn't work out tonight.
best guys obviously people roger saying schedule stay tonight
People have been saying we have the best schedule for the wild-card race, but I don't know that's true, ... These guys are tough, and we still have to play the game. Anything can happen, and obviously tonight Roger didn't have his best stuff, and they capitalized on it and we weren't able to stay in the game.
squeeze
Squeeze it tight. Get under it and squeeze it tight.
felt finally sixth
but I finally got around on one in the sixth that felt good.