Tim Salmon
Tim Salmon
Timothy James Salmonis a former Major League Baseball right fielder and designated hitter who played his entire career with the California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels, appearing with the team under all three of its recent names. Known affectionately among Angels fans as the King Fish, he is considered one of the greatest players in the Angels' franchise history...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth24 August 1968
CityLong Beach, CA
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When we were coming up, it was kind of a retooling thing and we were filling in with whatever you could fill in with. (Now) you've got a good ownership that's not only going to allow those guys to play, but they're going to bring in the pieces and make it competitive and allow them to win.
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I think that is going to be a big step along in my scenario. I hate to sit back and try and figure what they're going to do. I can only control what I do out there.
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It didn't matter what we would do, win or lose, we were going home from the ballpark dejected because Seattle was so hot,
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Look at him. He's the first one on the field, just a total pro. From the day he got here, he didn't have a big-league attitude. I expected maybe a Barry Bonds kind of scene, with the hype and the entourage, but Vlad is all about business. He would have fit in perfectly in that clubhouse over there.
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It feels like Spring Training again, ... That first week of spring when everything feels great and you wake up the next day sore.
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The Angels basically told me there's not a job to win. The team is moving on without Tim Salmon. I understand it. I don't blame them. I look around and, yeah, I'd like to think I fit into their plans, but from their standpoint, I'm probably not the first guy they're going to plug in.
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Just the fact that it was a goal of mine to come in here and feel like I could compete, I feel I've done that. I don't know if I've done enough yet or not, but some of those things are out of my hands.
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He's (Kenny Rogers) tough. He gives you a lot of looks. I just had one of those nights. He made a couple of mistakes. The home run was a change of speed pitch, it wasn't his fastball. I guessed right a couple of times.
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But as much bashing as we've taken, yeah, we might have given up a 10-game lead, but we won five in a row and came back from (three) down in the last week,
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I have been encouraged. I was concerned about certain aspects of the game -- how my body would respond. But I have been encouraged. Would I want to be further along? Sure. Am I further along than some would have expected? Sure. I don't think I've done anything to put myself behind.
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I feel good right now. It was a little stiff yesterday. I can still feel a little bit of it.
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He got me fired up. The key was my knee and if it could hold up well enough to play on it every day.
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He was definitely fired up those first few innings, the way he was throwing the ball.
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Since then, I've dealt with it and if I have to move on, I'm ready. It'll be sad to leave the comforts of home out there, all the family and friends, the fans, the community, but from the standpoint of playing, you have to realize people move on.