Salmon has his degree

January 7th, 2009, 12:57 pm · 6 Comments · posted by Earl Bloom, staff writer

Mr. Angel has his degree.

Tim Salmon dropped by the Orange County Register on Wednesday to speak to sponsors of his charity golf classic next month.

Salmon, 40, looked like he could step right back into Mike Scioscia’s lineup tomorrow. His career OBP (.385) and OPS (.883) sure would help the Angels.

Always gracious, he granted an interview — which we’ll have more from on this blog later.

“I just graduated from college around Christmas,” said Salmon, who retired from the Angels following the 2006 season.

He went back to Grand Canyon University in Arizona — from where the Angels drafted him in the 1989 third round – and got his BA in applied management, completing a project 20 years in the making.

“It was a longtime goal of mine,” he said, explaining that he already had an honorary degree. “I actually went back to class and did it.”

The 11th annual Tim Salmon Golf Classic will be at Coto de Caza Golf & Racquet Club on Feb. 9. It supports the work of Canyon Acres and Laurel House, serving abused and at-risk youth in Southern California.

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Angels 2009 projections

Player	Projection
Mike Napoli	.246/.351/.481
Jeff Mathis	.222/.288/.364
Kendry Morales	.274/.317/.430
Howie Kendrick	.304/.335/.440
Erick Aybar	.268/.309/.369
Chone Figgins	.278/.354/.367
Brandon Wood	.237/.295/.424
Maicer Izturis	.273/.343/.383
Juan Rivera	.273/.321/.453
Bobby Abreu	.282/.376/.440
Torii Hunter	.273/.331/.462
Vladimir Guerrero	.306/.369/.513
Gary Matthews, Jr	.260/.331/.402
Ervin Santana	3.87 ERA
John Lackey	3.82 ERA
Kelvim Escobar	3.93 ERA
Jered Weaver	3.94 ERA
Joe Saunders	4.24 ERA
Dustin Moseley	5.34 ERA
Brian Fuentes	3.33 ERA
Scot Shields	3.67 ERA
Jose Arredondo	3.75 ERA
Darren Oliver	4.01 ERA
Justin Speier	4.23 ERA
Kevin Jepsen	5.05 ERA

(These projections are an average of six common statistical forecasting systems. They are based on the players' previous performances, ages and, in some cases, physical characteristics.)

sammiller says:

January 7, 2009 at 2:42 pm

What if Salmon did come back? We looked at this some weeks ago:

http://fromthedugout.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/20/bring-back-tim-salmon/5196/

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matt says:

January 7, 2009 at 2:45 pm

how about we bring Timmy back as hitting coach?

January 7, 2009 at 2:47 pm

Matt for the win! +1 to that.

Andre says:

January 8, 2009 at 8:07 am

Call me an idiot (well, get in line to call me an idiot), but I love the brief, honest follow-up on the retired sports star. Salmon always struck me as a good guy. But when I read that he didn’t Cadillac it at school — that he went to classes like everybody else and did the work because it mattered to him — well, that’s proof, I suppose. In any case, it’s a very nice little get.
And +2 on Salmon as hitting instructor. If he could teach guys like Aybar and Izturis and Rivera and, well, every Angel other than Vlad and Hunter and Napoli to watch more ball fours…

January 8, 2009 at 10:37 am

fun story…

This past year (around September, I believe) Salmon was hanging around the cage during batting practice before the game and talking with some of the young guys. That night, Sean Rodriguez hit a homer and Brandon Wood hit 2.

Coincidence? Doubtful.

Bring in Timmy!

Ed says:

January 16, 2009 at 4:52 pm

We need the former Angel players at Strawberry Farms Golf Course to show up and inspire all of us… Old Guys Rule!

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