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
against command good great jump tough trying
I think he didn't have great command on what he's trying to do out there. He's been very tough against us, so it was good to jump on him early.
against definitely expect half last playing saw second series spent team time trying
It's definitely a more even series than a 100-win team against an 89-win team. A big part of their second half was spent just trying not to get hurt. They weren't playing for anything. They had such a big lead. I expect them to be different than the last time we saw them.
against definitely expect half last playing saw second series spent team time trying
It's definitely a more even series than a 100-win team against an 89-win team, ... A big part of their second half was spent just trying not to get hurt. They weren't playing for anything. They had such a big lead. I expect them to be different than the last time we saw them.
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.
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.
against coming fight good guys hands heart job last playing quit seems
You can't quit playing against these guys because they've got a lot of heart and fight to the last out. They did a good job of coming back and making it real interesting. It always seems like we have a fight on our hands when we come in here.
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.
career freak giving happen home runs
This will probably never happen to him in his career again, giving up home runs in consecutive games. It's one of those freak things.
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.
retire
I think I'll still retire before you will.
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.
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.