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
dynamics guys road team together
They said they hadn't been out together this year, ... When I'm playing, we'd do that every other road trip. The guys said, 'That was awesome.' I said, 'Oh, you haven't been doing that?' The team dynamics are just different than in the past.
assumed led totally
We were totally in Chicago's position. We led the whole way, and for a long time, it was just assumed that we were going to play in the postseason.
allow bring coming filling good guys ownership pieces whatever
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.
luck
I'll see what kind of luck I bring,
good player solid
He's just a good guy. A solid, solid player and person.
affords america country freedom time
All we can do is play ball. Every time we go out on the field, we do what we do in America - live in the freedom that our country affords us.
definitely few fired throwing
He was definitely fired up those first few innings, the way he was throwing the ball.
ballpark home matter seattle win
It didn't matter what we would do, win or lose, we were going home from the ballpark dejected because Seattle was so hot,
along control figure hate sit step
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.
fact goal mine
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.
change couple gives home run speed
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.
fired hold key knee
He got me fired up. The key was my knee and if it could hold up well enough to play on it every day.
barry bonds clubhouse expected fit hype maybe perfectly total
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.
feels great next spring training wake week
It feels like Spring Training again, ... That first week of spring when everything feels great and you wake up the next day sore.