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
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.
cleveland everybody kept means newspaper stop stopping taking talking telling whether
You kept telling yourself to not look over your shoulder, but the Mariners were making so much noise. That's how Cleveland is right now. Everybody is talking about them. You've got to find a way to stop it -- whether that means taking the televisions out of the clubhouse, stopping newspaper delivery, whatever. You've got to do it.
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.
good player solid
He's just a good guy. A solid, solid player and person.
luck
I'll see what kind of luck I bring,
depend needs pleasantly relatively rough rust shown surprised work
In a lot of ways, I've been pleasantly surprised about where I'm at, but I'm still rough around the edges. There's still some rust I have to work off. I feel I've shown I'm relatively healthy, but it's going to be their call, and it's going to depend on what their needs are.
guarantee lessons looked saw situation
I guarantee you, T.C. has looked back on the situation here and thought about what lessons he can take from that. You probably wouldn't see the same personality you saw here.
country couple emotional family grinding last lost position spent time tough winning
The last couple years for them to be in the position they've been in winning wise, it's been tough on me being injured, ... You want to be part of that. At the same time, it's a family in here and I'm still part of it. You don't have that emotional attachment, you haven't spent that time grinding it out. It's kind of like I've been the long lost relative, kind of been out of the country for a while.
blow course excited feels knee running
I'm more excited than I've been in many, many years. I can do some things that I haven't been able to do in 4-5 years. In some ways, I feel like a kid. My knee feels great, I'm running great. But I'm not going to blow smoke. You just don't know what it's going to be like over the course of a season.
definitely excited few found health issues past performance several
I've found myself able to do a few things that I wasn't able to do over the past several years. There have definitely been some times that I've been real excited about the possibilities, what my performance could be like, with some of the health issues resolved.
expected halfway heard
It's official. I don't want to come off as cocky, but I kind of halfway expected it. When I actually heard it for the first time, it was just relief.
close fans great interact opportunity players relax
It's a great experience. It's an opportunity for the fans to get close to the players and it's great for the players to relax and interact with the fans because they usually don't get to during the season.
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.
appreciate opening
I've been around a lot, but can appreciate things a little differently. It's a different Opening Day just because of what I've been through.