It’s not winning or losing, but how you played your game!
The pro game has changed in the way guys train and the amount of media coverage. I guess I would say in one respect amateur baseball is more pure.
Alisa: When you look back over your career, what stands out most in your mind?
Lance: Our World Series appearance in 2005 with the Astros but also the ’04 and ’06 seasons. Great group of guys…. plenty of exciting baseball.
Alisa: What is your favorite word?
Lance: Incredible.
Alisa: What sound do you love?
Lance: I love the sound of a well-struck baseball, crackling fires and coyotes.
Alisa: Is there a profession that you would not like to do?
Lance: I would hate to work on a hay crew during the Texas summer. I also wouldn’t do well as a teacher from K through about 5th grade.
Alisa: What would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
Lance: Well done, good and faithful servant.
Over the years of friendships with those playing professionally, I have come to recognize just how easy is to get caught up in being “a player.” As they gain points and status, their egos grow too. Lance Berkman is not one of them. He is a husband first, a father second and then, he plays great baseball loving the game and winning at being the very best he can be. Recently, he moved from the Houston Astros and has seen his career grow by having done so. He has played for a long time and if moving brings him to the status of a World Series player with the coveted ring and all that goes with it, (and hopefully a private box for his family and friends to see him play! LOL), then no one is more deserving. One thing is for sure: After all the lights of the stadium are off and each season closes, one fact remains … Lance is a really amazing baseball player, but more important than any of that, he is a good friend. Deeply grounded by his faith and family, I am honored to call his family a part of mine. To use his favorite word, Uncle Lance you are indeed “incredible!”
