Berkman Quotes

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. - Lance Berkman

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. - Lance Berkman

You have to be patient... He makes a lot of good pitches and doesn't make many mistakes, and when he does make a mistake, you have to capitalize on it. If we get an opportunity to score, we need to do it and not let him off the hook. He's too good for that. - Lance Berkman

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. - Lance Berkman

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. - Lance Berkman

Yeah, they were really excited to see me... I came in there and it looked like there were 10 zombies sitting on the couch. - Lance Berkman

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. - Lance Berkman

When the highwayman holds his gun to your head, you turn your valuables over to him. You 'consent' alright, but you do so because you cannot help yourself, because you are compelled by his gun. Are you not compelled to work for an employer? Your need compels you, just as the highwaymans gun. - Alexander Berkman

When he first hit it, I didn't know if it was going to be deep enough. Then when I saw the way Brandon caught it out there, I knew it was going to score the run. [Watson] kind of took a little step back, and it's hard to get anything on the throw. Where he caught it, it was pretty deep. It takes a pretty good arm to throw somebody out from there. - Lance Berkman

When Berkman hit the homer, the place was unbelievable. They were so loud. - David Eckstein