Always an Angel : playing the game with fire and faith / Tim Salmon with Rob Goldman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salmon, Tim, 1968-

Contributor:

Goldman, Rob.

Series:

Always a

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Baseball team).

Salmon, Tim, 1968-.

Salmon, Tim.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Triumph Books, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<DIV>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. And the players who provided comic relief, including Rex Hudler diving through the post game spread with nothing on but his cleats

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface ; Introduction; Chapter One: Growing Up in the Faith; Chapter Two: Realizing the Professional Dream; Chapter Three: Working Up the Ladder ; Chapter Four: Building a Foundation ; Chapter Five: Friends and Adversaries ; Chapter Six: Swimming Upstream; Chapter Seven: Final Pieces of the Puzzle; Chapter Eight: World Series Journal ; Chapter Nine: Heavenly Endings; Epilogue; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-61749-080-6

1-62368-638-5

OCLC:

851969717