Jeff Kent

 Hello Friends!

Over the weekend, the Contemporary Era released their ballots to see who will go into Cooperstown next summer. 

The ballot for this committee had some pretty good names on it: Dale Murphy, Don Mattingly, Barry Bonds, Carlos Delgado, Roger Clemens, Gary Sheffield, Fernando Valenzuela, and the subject of this post, Jeff Kent. 

Now, maybe it's due to the fact that I watched the time his career was happening, but never really watched the teams he played on. Or maybe it's that I feel there were probably 5 names listed above that deserve it more, but Jeff Kent was elected to the Hall of Fame. 

So one thing that surprised me was that he has the most homeruns by a second baseman. It's also no coincidence that his best seasons were spent batting behind Bonds. 

He came up with the Blue Jays and was traded in 1992 to the Mets with Ryan Thompson for David Cone. 

Overall, he played for Toronto, New York Mets, Cleveland, San Francisco, Houston, and Los Angeles Dodgers.

I have 8 cards depicting Kent, all with Toronto or the Mets. 

So Congratulations, I suppose, to the newest Hall of Famer, Jeff Kent.