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
bats competing downs enjoy games good job last nice putting swinging three ups
We've done a nice job at the plate. There's going to be ups and downs and you just have to try to enjoy the times we're swinging the bats well. The last three games we've done a good job competing and putting up runs.
far fifth fourth great production questions
We have a lot of questions as far as our fourth and fifth guys. It's just an unknown. We may get some great production out of there, but you just don't know at this point.
close open
We're the grunts. We just play baseball. Open it. Close it. I don't care.
great leagues mean pitcher pitching realize single
You can't give the opposing team's pitcher too much credit. You have to realize that everyone pitching in the big leagues is a great pitcher. But that doesn't mean that they can make a great pitch every single time.
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.
fight guys
These guys are unbelievable. They fight you right down to the end,
coffee drink
All I do, ... is eat. And drink coffee.
early finds good guy pitchers settled settles surely
A lot of times, if you can get to a guy early before he settles in and finds his control, a lot of times it's how good pitchers get beat. They come out a little wild. I think that's what happened. Once he settled down, he was surely impressive.
facing games left looking point prior seven
You've got seven games left with the Cubs, and you're looking at (maybe) facing (Carlos) Zambrano and (Mark) Prior two times each, ... That's not something you can point to as an advantage.
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.
almost exhausted nine physical played toll
I almost feel guilty. The physical toll is tremendous. I'm exhausted and I only played nine innings.