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
classy respect run
They run a classy organization over there. We have a lot of respect for them.
cross hall high honor mind picture pictures remember
It's a very high honor, ... I remember when I was being recruited to go there and they take you through the hall of honor and see all the guys' pictures and stuff. It doesn't even cross your mind then that one day you'll have your picture up there.
business care control good
It's good we still control our own fate, but we've got to take care of business tomorrow.
bringing describe houston series
It's unbelievable, I can't even describe it. To be a big part of bringing the World Series the first World Series ever to Houston is just tremendous.
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.
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.
best cover double might perfect plays seen sure threw throw turn
Probably one of the best double plays I've seen in my life, ... I thought, 'There's no way we're going to be able to turn this.' I actually thought he might try to throw it home. He pivoted and threw it to second, and I thought, 'Oh, man, I better cover first just in case.' Sure enough, it was a perfect relay.
measures rotation starting
There's not another starting rotation that measures up to ours. And then you get to the back part of the game, with (Brad) Lidge. That's who we are. We don't outslug teams; we outpitch them.
love
There's nothing that's going to take away the hurt. Nothing can take it away from any of us. We all feel for him. There's nothing you can say, but we love him.
good goofy guy hit seem
He's not a guy who's going to give you a lot of different looks, ... When you go up there, you know pretty much what you're going to get. He's got something goofy on that fastball. You just can't seem to get a good hit on it.
guy
He's not a guy who's going to give you a lot of different looks,
great pitcher ready roy year
He's not the only great pitcher on that staff. But we've got great pitching, too. We've got Roy ready to go, and he's been outstanding all year long. It's still up to us to get this done.
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.