Lance Berkman Is Big Puma - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

Lance Berkman's Big Puma moniker isn't exactly new -- it was started by Berkman, Lance Zierlein and John Gramato on a Houston-area radio show all the way back in 2006. Still, as Berkman is off to the hottest start of his career, it's probably time for the name to gain a new national audience. It is just that perfect.

How did it come about? People used to refer to Berkman as "Fat Elvis," but on the radio show Berkman insisted he was "... more like a puma so I'm not sure why people call me Fat Elvis." Big Puma was born.

Now Berkman has taken the next step toward national, and even international, moniker stardom: He is the recipient of a song dedicated to the Puma. That's pretty cool. Sure, the song sounds like a weird mix of corporate, Christian, and psychedelic rock -- or like if the Barenaked Ladies were even lamer -- but hey, how many of us are the impetus for songwriting? Very few. And no, that poem your emo kid friend wrote about you does not count.