an excerpt from sports pundits
Cara Berkman has been living in Houston her entire life, that is the place where she was born, grew up, got married and would see her leave her beloved Texas, as her husband has been traded to the New York Yankees.Wow, the great Frank "Home Run" Baker finished his tenure with the Yankees with a .288 batting average, 46 home runs and 375 RBIs in 676 games.
Before becoming Cara Berkman she was known as Cara Baker to Johnny and Carla Baker, her life has been surrounded by sports since she was born. Her father is Johnny Baker, who played with the Oilers, Frank Baker her uncle with the Yankees, her brothers Jacob (Kansas City Royals) and Joshua (Rangers, Brewers). Her maiden name was the name her husband got when he was introduced to her by her brother Josh while he was at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
That averages out to one home run for every 14.6 games. So, if the Puma follows suit, he's due to hit one in about 10 games.
And hey, I would love it if Berkman could play like Frank Baker, Hall of Fame third baseman, who hit .307 lifetime, and led the league in homers four times, ribbies twice, and fielding percentage twice, as part of the A’s famed “$100,000 infield” back in the dead-ball era.
ReplyDeleteBUT...I suspect that Mrs. Berkman’s uncle is really Frank Baker, the little used shortstop who played for the Yanks in 1970 and 1971, and hit .231 and .139 respectively, and went on to record all of 1 home run in 288 major-league at-bats, with a lifetime BA of .191.
I suspect the latter is more likely to be Lance’s contribution.
Buck Foston says,
ReplyDeleteLove the classic FOUR LETTER word.