I haven't been in a game for a year. You're not just going to take a run at batting practice and jump into a game, ... Quite honestly, to play would be for selfish reasons.
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I think everything I've done this spring -- I feel I'm further along than most people thought I would be. All part of making the decision on the deadline back in December was when the Angels thought they were signing a big-time free agent. If Manny Ramirez is in this room, yeah, the deadline is different. But that is not quite the concern now.Tim Salmon
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.
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Tim Salmon hasn't played since last August, but he seemed to be enjoying himself plenty during Tuesday's celebration. My mantra all night was to make it last, ... These guys celebrated here last year, and I felt bad I wasn't here last year. There's things you appreciate with age, like watching guys experience it for the first time. I told them to make it last because I had to wait 10 years. The bottom line is to enjoy it whenever you can.
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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.
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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.
Tim Salmon
He's just a good guy. A solid, solid player and person.
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