Tim Salmon Quotes
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.
Salmon, Tim, and Rob Golum. Always an Angel: Playing the Game with Fire and Faith. Triumph Books, 2010.
See {594200} for the first verse—the one most commonly sung. This second verse, suggests that America is not perfect—a problem for some people in a patriotic song which is usually only general glorification and uncritical praise. This song was considered seriously as our national anthem, and was actually used at the first international Olympics when an American won the event. Our National Anthem had not been officially selected then. One of the reasons for its selection over America, The Beautiful was the line in this verse asking God to mend the American flaws.
Timothy James Salmon, nicknamed "King Fish", is an American former professional baseball player and current television sports color commentator. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1992 to 2006 with the California Angels as an outfielder and designated hitter. Salmon was an integral member of the Anaheim Angels team that won the 2002 World Series. He was inducted into the California Angels Hall of Fame in 2015.