BENCH BERKMAN THROUGH SUNDAY

[G-Man]

I'm watching the Astros game and the announcers just said that he's out for 2 days with a death in the family. Just an FYI.

thanks, was wondering why he was out of the lineup tonight

[kaz]

Our condolences with Lance and his family

[bryan1327]

I see there is allready a topic for this...but pulled this out of the Houston papers.

Astros summary

Berkman grieving

The Astros will be without their best offensive player until Monday after Lance Berkman returned home to Texas on Saturday following the death of his grandfather. Berkman missed Saturday's game in Milwaukee and won't rejoin the team until Monday in Houston.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/2624455