Always an Angel: Playing the Game with Fire and Faith

by Tim Salmon, Rob Goldman, Joe Maddon (Foreword by)

Overview

Now, for the first time, Tim Salmon opens up about his hardships growing up and how a grandmother's faith set the stage for his remarkable career. When he became an Angel in 1992, the team had an ingrained culture of losing; by the time he retired, they were one of baseball's elite teams. Salmon recalls the exploits of teammates Garret Anderson, Chili Davis, Chuck Finley, and Jim Abbott, who symbolized the grit and spirit of a team struggling for an identity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617490804
Publisher:	Triumph Books
Publication date:	04/01/2010
Series:	Always a...
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	804,439
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Tim Salmon is a former professional baseball player who was one of the American League’s most consistent performers and who helped guide the Angels to their first world championship in 2002. He is the founder of the Tim Salmon Foundation, which supports Orange County charities assisting children in need. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. Rob Goldman was a team batboy and visiting clubhouse attendant for the Angels in the 1970s. He played baseball at Mendocino College and graduated with a BA in theatre arts from Sonoma State. He has acted in several films, including Dances with Wolves, JFK, and Overboard, and is the author of Once They Were Angels: A History of the Team, hailed as the “best sports history in years” by the New York Daily News and considered one of the definitive books on the Angels.

Table of Contents

Foreword Joe Maddon v

Preface Rob Goldman vii

Introduction Tim Salmon ix

Chapter 1 Growing Up in the Faith 1

Chapter 2 Realizing the Professional Dream 15

Chapter 3 Working Up the Ladder 33

Chapter 4 Building a Foundation 47

Chapter 5 Friends and Adversaries 69

Chapter 6 Swimming Upstream 95

Chapter 7 Final Pieces of the Puzzle 115

Chapter 8 World Series Journal 135

Chapter 9 Heavenly Endings 179

Epilogue 209

Acknowledgments 211