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ANAHEIM -- Call him Fish or call him King or even call him Doctor but the consensus will be simply to say thanks.

Tim Salmon has a mere handful of games left in his Angels career that will come to a close on Sunday against the A's in a season that has been a series of farewells.

And with the Angels out of the playoff race over the final few games, there will be little else to occupy the center of attention, which runs counter to a player that would rather the focus be on playing baseball and not on the individuals that suit up.

The support and a homegrown crowd will be there for his swan song nonetheless. Salmon has a stack of tickets for the weekend in his locker that would pay the mortgages of a legion of scalpers, and he's still uncertain he can meet the demands for Sunday.

And just as he would not have foreseen a 15-year career in the bigs when he was drafted in the third round out of Grand Canyon College in Phoenix in 1989, Salmon is unable to predict the range of emotion that he will experience on a journey that seemed as quick as a trip around the bases.

But he is aware of one thing.

"My only regret is that I won't be able to come back and do this again," said Salmon, who will hold a press conference on Thursday.

Doing it at all this season was story enough.

Salmon missed the entire 2005 season as he rehabbed from two surgeries -- one on his left knee and another to repair the rotator cuff in his left shoulder. Recovery was a series of starts and stops as a few days of swinging a bat would be followed by a longer period of rest.

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GO ANGELS

Well he's kind of had it in me ever since i accidentally ran over his dog. Actually, replace "accidentally" with "repeatedly" and replace "dog" with "son".